Gerd Becker (chemist)

Gerd Becker (3 May 1940 – 10 January 2017) was a German chemist.

Becker was born in Eschwege, Germany on 3 May 1940.

He held a chair of inorganic chemistry at the University of Stuttgart.

In 1974 he synthesized the first localized phosphaalkene.

Becker died on 10 January 2017, at the age of 76.