Herman Klare

{{short description|German chemist}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|05|12}}

| birth_place = Hamelin, Lower Saxony

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|08|22|1909|05|12}}

| death_place = Dresden, Saxony

| nationality = German

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| awards = Lomonosov Gold Medal (1976)

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Hermann Klare (12 May 1909 – 22 August 2003) was a chemistry academic who played a prominent role in scientific administration and research in the German Democratic Republic (GDR). Klare held professorships at the Technical University Leuna-Merseburg and at [[Humboldt University of Berlin|

Humboldt University (Berlin)]]. From 1968 to 1979 he was president of the German Academy of Sciences (renamed the Academy of Sciences of the GDR in 1972).{{Cite web|url=http://www.bbaw.de/bbaw/MitgliederderVorgaengerakademien/AltmitgliedDetails?altmitglied_id=1391|title=Mitarbeiter - Mitglieder der Vorgänger-Akademien|website=www.bbaw.de}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bundesstiftung-aufarbeitung.de/wer-war-wer-in-der-ddr-%2363;-1424.html?ID=1722|title=Bundesstiftung zur Aufarbeitung der SED-Diktatur | Recherche | Biographische Datenbanken}}