Arno Behr (chemist, 1846)
Arno Behr (born August 14, 1846 in Polompen , Pogegen district , East Prussia ; † June 25, 1921 in Pasadena , California) was a German-American chemist, known for developments in the sugar and starch industry.
Behr studied in Tübingen, Berlin and Heidelberg, where he received his doctorate in 1869.
In 1874 he came to the USA and worked for the Matthiessen and Wiechers sugar refinery in Jersey City and then for the Chicago Sugar Refining Company. He last lived in Pasadena , California.
He improved the production of starch and sugar from grain products. In 1881 he received a patent for the production of the crystallized anhydride of glucose from aqueous glucose solution, for which he was best known.
In 1909 he received the Perkin Medal . He was a US citizen from 1881.
literature
- Deborah Jean Warner Sweet Stuff. An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose , Smithsonian Institution 2011
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Behr On crystallized anhydrous grape sugar , J. American Chemical Society, 4, 1882, 11-15
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behr, Arno |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Behr, Arno Ernst Eduard (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Polompen , Pogegen district , East Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 25, 1921 |
| Place of death | Pasadena |