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Revision as of 12:44, 6 October 2009 by Coyets (talk | contribs) (Slight expansion)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Hermann Julius Grüneberg (April 11, 1827–June 7, 1894) was a German chemist and inventor, and together with Julius Vorster the founder of the Chemische Fabrik Kalk.
Biography
Grüneberg was born on April 11, 1827 in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, now Szczecin, the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. He was the second of six children of the master organ builder August Wilhelm Grüneberg and his wife Caroline Henriette née Breslich from Cammin. One of his brothers was Barnim Grüneberg, who took over his father's organ building business. He died on June 7, 1894 in Cologne, German Empire where he was buried in the Melaten Cemetary.
Honours
A school, the Grüneberg-Schule, and a street, Grünebergstraße, in Kalk, a district of Cologne, are named after him.
Bibliography
- Dornheim, Andreas (2006), Walther Brügelmann (ed.), Forschergeist und Unternehmermut — Der Kölner Chemiker und Industrielle Hermann Julius Grüneberg (1827–1894) (in German), Cologne: Böhlau Verlag, ISBN 3412030066
External links
- Template:De icon Webpage on Herman Julius Grüneberg