Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt

Eggert Christian Flemming Knuth-Winterfeldt (born May 3, 1912 in San José ; † April 4, 1978 ) was a Danish chemist and professor of metallurgy at Denmark's Technical University .

Life

Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt was born as the fourth of four children of bank director Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt and his wife Clara Augusta Ingeborg Knuth-Winterfeldt, née Grüner. He came from the Knuth - Winterfeldt family , a line of the Mecklenburg-Danish noble family Knuth. His brothers were the painter Preben and the diplomat Kjeld Gustav .

In 1930 Knuth-Winterfeldt began his studies at the University of Roskilde , which he liked in 1935. scient. graduated in chemistry. In 1936 he became a research assistant at Denmark's Technical University. In 1953 he was promoted to Dr. techn. PhD. Knuth-Winterfeldt studied Swedish ironworks and also came to Germany, England and the United States on his study trips. From January 1, 1959 to January 31, 1975 he was rector of his university and Denmark's engineering academy . He was also vice-president of Selskabet for metalforskning from 1949 to 1953 and president from 1953 to 1959 as well as chairman of Selskabet for analytisk kemi from 1951 to 1952. In 1958 Knuth-Winterfeldt was a member of the Akademiet for de tekniske Videnskaber.

ancestors

Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg	Georgine Frederikke Vilhelmine Knuth, b. of breath	Gustav Christian Holck-Winterfeldt Count of Winterfeldt	Christiane Holck-Winterfeldt, b. Danneskiold-Samsøe	Gustav Grüner Chamberlain	Mariane Birgitte Grüner, b. Røebye	?	?
Frederik Christian Julius Knuth Count of Knuthenborg		Anna Eleonora Frederikke Elisabeth Knuth, b. Holck-Winterfeldt		Georg Johan Røebye Green Chamberlain		Clara Gudrun Grüner, b. Simonsen
Viggo Christian Knuth-Winterfeldt, Count of Winterfeldt				Clara Augusta Ingeborg Knuth-Winterfeldt, b. Greener
Eggert Christian Flemming Knuth-Winterfeldt Count of Knuth-Winterfeldt

literature

Peter Anker: Eggert Knuth-Winterfeldt . In: Svend Cedergreen Bech , Svend Dahl (eds.): Dansk biografisk leksikon . Founded by Carl Frederik Bricka , continued by Povl Engelstoft. 3. Edition. tape 8 : Kjærulf – Levetzow . Gyldendal, Copenhagen 1981, ISBN 87-01-77442-5 (Danish, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk ).

Web links

finnholbek: Eggert Christian Flemming greve Knuth-Winterfeldt , accessed on November 10, 2019.

personal data
SURNAME	Knuth-Winterfeldt, Eggert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knuth-Winterfeldt, Eggert Christian Flemming (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Danish chemist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 3, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH	San Jose (California)
DATE OF DEATH	April 4th 1978