Alfred Lange (metallurgist)
Gustav Alfred Lange (born January 18, 1906 in Halsbrücke , † February 26, 1968 in Freiberg ) was a German metallurgist .
Life
Lange was born in Halsbrücke, the son of a smeltery inspector. He graduated from high school in Freiberg and studied metallurgy from 1925 to 1930 at the Bergakademie Freiberg . He then worked for two years as an assistant at Carl Schiffner . He completed additional studies in metal processing in 1932.
From 1932 to 1945 he worked as an engineer, later a senior engineer at the Humboldt company in Cologne-Kalk . His tasks included the construction and commissioning of iron and steel works. a. to Yugoslavia, Argentina, Romania, Bulgaria, Belgium, France and Italy.
After bombs destroyed his apartment in Cologne, he returned to Saxony with his family in 1945. He headed the Halsbrücke ironworks until 1950. In 1948 he took on his first teaching positions at the Freiberg Bergakademie. On September 1, 1950, Anton Lissner appointed him full professor and director of the Institute for Metallurgy. In 1964 he became dean of the metallurgical engineering faculty.
Alfred Lange died after a short, serious illness at the age of 62 in Freiberg.
Honors
- Honored Technician of the People (1956)
- Patriotic Order of Merit in Silver (1959)
- Abraham Gottlob Werner Medal (1961)
- National Prize of the GDR (1965)
- Arthur Becker Medal (1965)
- A street in Freiberg bears his name.
- A plaque commemorates him at the Institute for Metallurgy and Pure Materials at the TU Bergakademie.
Publications (selection)
- Development and problems of modern roasting technology . In: Freiberger Forschungshefte, series B, volume 3 Akademie-Verlag Berlin, 1953. pp. 5–16
- Non-ferrous metals: their nature, their extraction and importance in the economy . Leipzig, Jena Urania, 1955
- Metallurgy for miners and processors . Bergakademie Freiberg, 1961
- Constructive metallurgy . Bergakademie Freiberg, 7 volumes, 1965–1967
literature
- W. Monzer: Professor Alfred Lange 60 years old . In: New Hut . 13/1968/4, p. 255
- Karl Kaiser: Obituary for the death of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Alfred Lange . In: New Hut . 11/1966/2, p. 127
- Gustav Alfred Lange . In: Messages from the Freiberg Antiquities Association . 1993 / H. 92, pp. 148-150
Web links
- Literature by and about Alfred Lange in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Alfred Lange in the Saxon Bibliography
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lange, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lange, Gustav Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German metallurgist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1906 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neck bridge |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 1968 |
| Place of death | Freiberg |