Edouard-Constant Sandoz
Edouard-Constant Sandoz (born October 28, 1853 in Basel , † January 9, 1928 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss entrepreneur.
The merchant's son completed a commercial apprenticeship in a raw silk shop in Basel from 1872. In 1878 he went to Paris , where he worked for the textile dyeing company Poirier & Dalsace in Saint-Denis and in 1880 he joined the chemical factory Durand & Guguenin in Basel. In 1886, Sandoz and Dr. Alfred Kern (1850–1893) founded the collective company Chemische Fabrik Kern & Sandoz , which specialized in the industrial production of basic dyes. After Kern's death in 1893, he ran the company as a limited partnership, Sandoz & Cie . , which was converted into a stock corporation in 1895 , continued alone.
Sandoz is considered a pioneer in the synthetic dye industry. The first dyes to be made are alizarin blue and auramine . He is the father of Maurice-Yves (1892–1958) and Édouard-Marcel (1881–1971).
literature
- Walter Dettwiler: Sandoz, Edouard Constant. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 423 f. ( Digitized version ).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sandoz, Edouard-Constant |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 28, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1928 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |