Wilhelm Eschweiler (born December 1, 1860, in Euskirchen and died March 21, 1936)[1] was a German chemist.
He passed his final exam (Obersekunda) at the Knickeberg Institute in Telgte and completed his pharmacy studies in Goch.
A year later, he became an assistant to Karl Kraut (chemist) [de] at the Inorganic Institute of the Technical University of Hanover.
During this time, he earned his doctorate in 1889 at the University of Rostock, focusing on contributions to the understanding of formaldehyde.
In the latter field, he often acted as an industry consultant and investigated, among other things, the Oppau explosion at Ludwigshafen-Oppau [de] in 1921.