Albert Hilger

Albert Hilger (2 May 1839 in Homburg – 18 May 1905 in Possenhofen) was a German pharmacologist and chemist, known for his work in the field of food chemistry.

He worked as a pharmacy assistant in the cities of Mannheim, Karlsruhe and Saarbrücken, and studied mathematics and sciences at the Polytechnic in Karlsruhe. In 1860, he continued his education at the University of Würzburg, receiving his PhD two years later at Heidelberg University. Later on, he spent several years as an assistant to chemist Johann Joseph Scherer at the University of Würzburg.

In 1868, he established a private agricultural-chemistry laboratory, and during the following year, obtained his habilitation at the University of Würzburg. In 1872, he became an associate professor of pharmacy and applied chemistry at the University of Erlangen, where in 1875 he attained a full professorship.