Benno Jaffé

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Benno Jaffé, 1869

Benno Jaffé (born September 23, 1840 in Posen , † September 29, 1923 in Berlin ) was a German chemist, industrialist and local politician.

Life

Jaffé studied chemistry in Berlin and Heidelberg , was a member of the Corps Marchia Berlin and Rhenania Heidelberg and received his doctorate in Berlin in 1865. In 1867 he founded the Berlin ammonia and glycerine factory Dr. Benno Jaffé . From 1874 he ran the company together with Ludwig Darmstaedter under the company Benno Jaffé & Darmstaedter and opened a second plant at the Empress-Augusta-Allee. In 1884, Oskar Liebreich's company acquired the patent for the production of wool fat, which became known as lanolin . Jaffé's ventures were particularly successful in the cosmetic industry with products that were sold under the Pfeilring brand . In 1900 the company was converted into a stock corporation under the name Vereinigte Chemische Werke AG , whose board of directors was Jaffé until his death. After his death, the company was renamed Pfeilring Werke AG.

Jaffé was a city councilor from 1895 to 1901 and Charlottenburg city council from 1901 to 1918. In this capacity he headed the Charlottenburg electricity works for years.

Jaffé was married to Helene, b. Salomon, with whom he had five children.

social commitment

Benno Jaffé was a member of the Society of Friends , a Berlin Jewish cultural and charity association. In 1906 he founded the Benno and Helene Jaffé Foundation for the needy. Jaffé and his wife actively supported various social reform initiatives in Charlottenburg, such as the youth home, holiday camps and the urban maternity and baby home.

Honors

In 1905 Jaffé was awarded the Order of the Red Eagle, IV class , for its community involvement .

The city of Charlottenburg , which has been part of Berlin since 1920, awarded him the title of city elder in 1910, on the occasion of his 70th birthday, and honorary citizenship in 1919.

Jafféstrasse at the Berlin exhibition center is named after him.

Publications

literature

  • Andreas Ludwig: The Charlottenburg case - social foundations in an urban context , urban research, series A, vol. 66, Cologne Weimar Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-412-12905-4

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ludwig, Case Charlottenburg , pp. 296–297.
  2. ↑ Ludwig, Charlottenburg case , p. 297.
  3. ↑ Ludwig, Case Charlottenburg , pp. 210–211.
personal data
SURNAME Jaffé, Benno
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist, industrialist and local politician
DATE OF BIRTH September 23, 1840
PLACE OF BIRTH Poses
DATE OF DEATH September 29, 1923
Place of death Berlin