Albert Wander (entrepreneur)
Albert Wander (born July 18, 1867 in Bern ; † November 22, 1950 in Lugano ; legal resident in Bern) was a Swiss chemist , pharmacist and entrepreneur .
life and work
Wander was the eldest son of Georg Wander from Osthofen in Rheinhessen and Anna Maria Katharina, née Webel. After internships in pharmacies in Nyon and Zurich , he studied pharmacy , chemistry and medicine at the universities of Bern , Zurich and Geneva . Stays at universities in Denmark, Italy and England followed. Wander received his doctorate in chemistry in Geneva in 1892.
In 1897, Wander married Clémence Georgette Violeau from France. As the successor to his father in his company, he developed dietetic foods based on malt, etc. a. In 1904 the Ovaltine , as well as pharmaceutical products like the one in 1921 with Alucol , a gastric drug invented by the head of the scientific laboratory Otto Adolf Oesterle . He expanded the Wander company into an AG and holding company.
The University of Bern awarded Albert Wander an honorary doctorate in medicine in 1930 , and the University of Zurich in 1940 an honorary doctorate in natural sciences.
literature
- Walter Thut: Georg Wander (1841–1897), Albert Wander (1867–1950), Georg Wander (1898–1969): From a two-man laboratory to a global corporation. Association for Economic History Studies, Zurich 2005, ISBN 978-3-909059-29-4 . ( Table of contents and introduction (PDF) ).
Web links
- Walter Thut: Albert Wander. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Walter Thut: Wander. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Portrait of Dr. Albert Wander , Photographic Society Bern
Individual evidence
- ^ Otto Adolf Oesterle In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wander, Albert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss chemist, pharmacist and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 22, 1950 |
| Place of death | Lugano |