Friedrich Heeren (11 August 1803 – 2 May 1885) was a German chemist.
He received his doctorate in Göttingen, and from 1831 was an instructor of technological-chemical subjects at the Polytechnic School in Hannover (Höheren Gewerbeschule).
[1] With technologist Karl Karmarsch (1803-1879), he published a technical dictionary (Technisches Wörterbuch).
[2] Also, with Karmarsch, he developed a process for the preparation of gun cotton.
[3][4][5] In 1881 he introduced an apparatus for the testing of milk (lactometer, patent# 241655).