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          Franz Karl Achard (28 April – 20 April ) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist....

          German chemist and experimental physicist who invented a process for the large-scale extraction of table sugar (sucrose) from beets.

        1. April 20 marks the passing of Franz Karl Achard.
        2. Franz Karl Achard (28 April – 20 April ) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist.
        3. An oval bust-length portrait of the German chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard (–).
        4. On April 28, , German (Prussian) chemist, physicist and biologist Franz Carl Achard was born.

          5. Franz Karl Achard (28 April 1753 – 20 April 1821) was a German (Prussian) chemist, geoscientist, physicist, and biologist. His principal discovery was the production of sugar from sugar beets.[1][2]

          Life and work

          Achard was born in Berlin, the son of preacher Max Guillaume Achard, a descendant of Huguenot refugees, and his wife Marguerite Elisabeth (Rouppert).

          He studied physics and chemistry in Berlin. He became interested in sugar refining through his stepfather.

          Illustrated trade card depicts German (Prussian) chemist, physicist, and biologist Franz Karl Achard () walking through a sugar beet refinery.

          At the age of 20, Achard entered the "Circle of Friends of Natural Sciences" and met Andreas Sigismund Marggraf, then director of the physical classes at the Royal Academy of Sciences. Achard studied many subjects, including meteorology, evaporation chillness, electricity, telegraphy, gravity, lightning arresters, and published in German and French.

          Achard was a favourite of King Frederick II of Prussia, and directly reported to the King on his research twice a week.

          About a study on the influence of electri