Karl Heinrich Ritthausen

Karl Heinrich Ritthausen
Ritthausen c. 1913
Born13 January 1826
Armenruh bei Goldberg, Silesia, now Poland
Died16 October 1912
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
Alma materLiebig's institute at Giessen
Royal Agricultural Academy at Waldau, near Königsberg
Known forGlutamic acid
Protein combining
Scientific career
FieldsBiochemistry
Agricultural chemistry
InstitutionsUniversity of Königsberg

Karl Heinrich Ritthausen (13 January 1826 – 16 October 1912) was a German biochemist who identified two amino acids and made other contributions to the science of plant proteins.