Hendrik Prinsen Geerligs
Hendrik Coenraad Prinsen Geerligs (born November 24, 1864 in Haarlem , † July 31, 1953 in Amsterdam ) was a Dutch chemist.
Prinsen-Gerlichs was the son of a school principal, attended business school in Amsterdam (graduated in 1883) and studied chemistry at the University of Amsterdam. He then worked for the company Wijnhoff en van Gulpen and from 1891 was in Java as a chemist at the sugar research station in Kagok.
He published on sugar extraction specifically from sugar cane in Java.
He was a corresponding member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences (1899 until his resignation in 1909) and a member ( matriculation number 3241 ) of the Leopoldina (1907). In 1940 he resigned from the Leopoldina (without giving reasons).
He was married to Geertruida de Blank and had a son Reinier Johan Prinsen Geerlig, who in turn was the father of the resistance fighter Reina Prinsen Geerlig .
Fonts
- On cane sugar and the process of its manufacture in Java . Second edition, Office of the "Sugar Cane", Altrincham 1902 ( digitized version )
- Cane sugar and its manufacture . Rodger, London 1909 ( digitized version )
- Practical white sugar manufacture . Rodger, London 1915 ( digitized version )
- Chemical control in cane sugar factories . Rodger, London 1917 ( digitized version )
Web links
- Entry in Biographical Portaal van Nederland
- Member entry of Coenraad Prinsen Geerligs at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
Individual evidence
- ^ Wieland Berg, An honorable lie: Abderhalden's letter to delete the Jewish members of the Leopoldina - anticipatory obedience or protective claim, Sudhoffs Archiv, Volume 99, 2015, p. 112
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prinsen Geerligs, Hendrik |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prinsen Geerligs, Hendrik Coenraad (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Haarlem |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1953 |
| Place of death | Amsterdam |