Adolf Theodor Roscher
Adolf Theodor Roscher (born January 20, 1782 in Großenhain , † January 20, 1861 in Döhlen , today Freital ) was a German industrialist and the son of steelworks inspector Johann Theodor Roscher . He introduced hard coal- based glass production in Saxony.
Life
Roscher studied at the Bergakademie Freiberg between 1800 and 1803 . In the second and third year of his apprenticeship, he learned chemistry from Wilhelm August Lampadius .
In 1805 he was a smelter in the Potschappel glass factory, Germany's first hard coal-based glass factory. This was in the village of Potschappel . Until 1818 Roscher was a smelter at the royal Prussian mirror glass works Friedrichsthal in Kostebrau .
From 1816 he planned the royal glass factory Döhlen at the pheasant grove. From 1822 onwards, the royal glass factory in Döhlen began producing.
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| SURNAME | Roscher, Adolf Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1782 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grossenhain |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 20, 1861 |
| Place of death | Döhlen |