Alois Herzog
Alois Herzog (born December 29, 1872 in Prague , † July 12, 1956 in Hamburg-Harburg ) was a German-Austrian engineer for textile technology and a professor at the TH Dresden .
After graduating from high school in Vienna in 1890 , he studied chemistry and biology at the Technical University of Vienna and in 1895 became head of the experimental station for flax production and processing in Trautenau . In 1902 the doctorate took place. From 1900 to 1920 he was a teacher at the Higher Technical School for the Textile Industry in Sorau . From 1917 he headed the research institute for bast fibers of the textile industry in Sorau and in 1920 he became head of the biological department of the research institute for the textile industry in Dresden. From 1925 to 1939 he taught as a full professor for paper and textile technology at the TH Dresden. In November 1933 he signed the German professors' confession of Adolf Hitler . After the war he again had a teaching position in Dresden from 1948 to 1951. From 1951 he did private research in his institute in Wehlen .
In 1908 Herzog published an extensive microphotographic atlas of the technically important vegetable raw materials with 1,100 illustrations. In 1910 he published a book on the distinction between natural and artificial silks and continued this with work that dealt with the various man-made fibers , their properties and their testing. For this he mainly used the microscope .
Fonts
- The distinction between flax and hemp fiber , 1926
- Manual of microscopic technology for fiber technologists , Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1951
- Microphotographic atlas of the technically important fiber materials: Handbook of microscopic examination methods for textile, paper, rope, darning and brush materials , Vol. 1, 1923 (repr.Ulan Press 2012)
literature
- Dorit Petschel : 175 years of TU Dresden. Volume 3: The professors of the TU Dresden 1828–2003. Edited on behalf of the Society of Friends and Supporters of the TU Dresden e. V. von Reiner Pommerin , Böhlau, Cologne a. a. 2003, ISBN 3-412-02503-8 , p. 362 ( limited preview in Google book search).
- Paul August Koch: Alois Herzog. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 738 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Alois Herzog in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duke, Alois |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian textile engineer and university professor at the TH Dresden |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 29, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1956 |
| Place of death | Hamburg-Harburg |