Bernhard Gray

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Bernhard Grau (born February 11, 1856 in Zeppenfeld (Neunkirchen) , † March 1, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German metallurgical man and manager of the German steel industry.

Life

Bernhard Grau studied chemistry and metallurgy at the Aachen Polytechnic from 1874. In 1875 he became a member of the professional association of chemists and metallurgists , the later Corps Montania. After completing his studies, he initially had a job at the Eschweiler Mining Association and at the Phönix blast furnace in Ruhrort. Then he went as an engineer to the Flava works of Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck in Königshütte in Upper Silesia. On his initiative, Guido Henckel von Donnersmarck established Eisenwerk Kraft AG near Stettin at the end of the 19th century as the first near-coast steelworks in Germany with cheaper access to foreign iron ore, of which he became director general. In 1897 the first blast furnace, a coking plant and a cement factory for recycling the blast furnace slag were put into operation. A particular merit of Graus was the recognition of Portland slag cement as a standardized building material. Furthermore, under the leadership of Guido Henckel von Donnersmarcks, he enlarged Eisenwerk Kraft AG by merging with the Niederrheinische Hütte in Duisburg , which he continuously developed by building new blast furnaces and rolling mills and by acquiring the Krieg & Tigler wire drawing company in Wesel .

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Franz Ludwig Neher: The Corps Montania zu Aachen, 1872-1957 , 1957, p. 115
personal data
SURNAME Gray, Bernhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German smelter and manager of the German steel industry
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1856
PLACE OF BIRTH Zeppenfeld (Neunkirchen)
DATE OF DEATH March 1, 1924
Place of death Berlin