Theodor Goldschmidt
Encyclopedia
Theodor Goldschmidt was a German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

-Jewish entrepreneur and chemist.

Goldschmidt studied chemistry at the University of Berlin, and then trained as a colorist, a specialist in dyeing textiles. In 1834, he converted to Protestant Christianity. On 8 December 1847, he founded a chemical factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...

 in Berlin. In 1911, it became "Th. Goldschmidt AG".

Karl Goldschmidt and Hans Goldschmidt
Hans Goldschmidt
Johannes Wilhelm "Hans" Goldschmidt was a German chemist.Born in Berlin, he was a student of Robert Bunsen. His father, Theodor Goldschmidt, was the founder of the chemical company Chemische Fabrik Th...

were his sons.

External links

  • http://www.degussa-geschichte.de/geschichte/de/persoenlichkeiten/theodor_goldschmidt.html
  • * http://www.degussa-geschichte.de/geschichte/en/inventions/monopol_soap.html
  • http://www.degussa-geschichte.de/geschichte/en/predecessors/goldschmidt.print.html
  • http://www.degussa-geschichte.de/geschichte/en/inventions/monopol_soap.html
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK