Herman Klare

Hermann Klare
Born	(1909-05-12)May 12, 1909 Hamelin, Lower Saxony
Died	August 22, 2003(2003-08-22) (aged 94) Dresden, Saxony
Nationality	German
Awards	Lomonosov Gold Medal (1976)

Hermann Klare (left) with Max Steenbeck

Hermann Klare (12 May 1909 – 22 August 2003) was a chemistry academic who played a prominent role in scientific administration and research in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Klare held professorships at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg and at Humboldt University (Berlin). From 1968 to 1979 he was president of the German Academy of Sciences (renamed the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in 1972).

Publications

• Technology and chemistry of synthetic polyamide fibers. Berlin 1954
• Synthetic polyamide fibers: technology and chemistry. Berlin 1963 (as co-author)
• The Academy of Sciences of the GDR: the 275th anniversary of the founding of the Academy. Berlin 1975
• History of chemical fiber research to the present. Berlin 1985