Edward John Bevan
Edward John Bevan (born December 11, 1856 in Birkenhead , † October 17, 1921 near London ) was a British chemist who, together with Charles Frederick Cross, invented the xanthate process for the production of viscose fibers .
Bevan attended a private school and was from 1873 in the laboratory of a soap company (Runcorn Soap & Alkali Company). He studied chemistry in Manchester at Owens College, where he became friends with Cross. From 1879 he was in the paper industry in Scotland (Alexander Cowan and Comp.). In order to further develop and market their cellulose research, Bevan and Cross resigned in 1883 and advanced their development at the Joddrell Laboratory in London. In 1885 they founded the engineering company Cross and Bevan in London (advising the paper industry). In 1892 they had their breakthrough with the xanthate process for the production of viscose. At first it was used as a film and paper and textile cover (they held the patent with Clayton Beadle). Soon afterwards, Cross and Bevan developed a spinning process with Charles Henry Stearn from the subsidiary of a Swiss manufacturer of filament lamps. Their patents were marketed in Europe and the USA by the Viscose Spinning Syndicate - in Great Britain the Courtaulds company then produced. Bevan later served in an executive position with the Society of Public Analysts and was editor of The Analyst .
In 1895 he received the Franklin Institute's John Scott Medal with Cross .
Cross and Bevan also wrote what was then a standard paper-making work in Great Britain.
Fonts
- with Cross: Text Book of Papermaking 1887
- with Cross: Researches on Cellulose , Longmans 1907
literature
- Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
Web links
- Literature by and about Edward John Bevan in the catalog of the German National Library
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SURNAME | Bevan, Edward John |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British chemist |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1856 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Birkenhead |
DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1921 |
Place of death | near London |