Franz Schönfeld (brewing scientist)
Franz Schönfeld (born June 1, 1866 in Hohendodeleben ; † October 2, 1940 in Hamburg ) was a German fermentation chemist and brewing scientist.
Life
Schönfeld was born the son of Heinrich Schönfeld and his wife Katharina, nee Bethge. He attended high school in Magdeburg . In 1886 he began studying chemistry at the University of Halle with Justus von Liebig and the chemist Jacob Volhard ; but he also heard lectures from the literary scholar Rudolf Haym . After two semesters he moved to Berlin, where he studied chemistry with the botanist Max Carl Ludwig Wittmark , the mineralogist Carl Friedrich Rammelsberg and Ferdinand Tiemann . Schönfeld received his dissertation on August 12, 1891 at the philosophical faculty of the Berlin Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität with contributions to the knowledge of a new nonyl alcohol and nonylene.
In the same year he got a job as an assistant in the department of top-fermented beers at the experimental and educational institute for brewery (VLB) in the institute for fermentation trade , the direction of which was transferred to him later. From 1893 he was head of the VLB's labor laboratory. Later he was also in charge of the experimental and teaching brewery.
In 1904 he was appointed professor at the Agricultural University in Berlin .
Schönfeld was married to Toni, née Unger. After his retirement in 1934, he moved to his chosen hometown of Hamburg, where he died in 1940.
Honors
- 1904: Small golden medal of the VLB for his services in the hop and barley jury.
- 1931: Large golden Delbrück commemorative coin
- 1934: Engelhardt Brewery Prize , donated by the Engelhardt Brewery Foundation.
Fonts (selection)
- 1902: Top-fermented beers and their production.
- 1903: with Max Delbrück : System of natural yeast cultivation.
- 1914: The beer treatment at the innkeeper, publisher and in the household.
- 1917/18: Plain beer: Contributions to the production and to economic and tax issues of the same.
- 1930/1932/1935: Handbook of the brewery and malt house. First volume: Raw materials and their changes in malt and beer preparation.
- 1931: Manual of the brewery and malting. Volume two: Malting.
- 1938: Top-fermented beers and their production. Paul Parey Publishing House : Berlin 1938 - 2nd completely reworked. Edition
literature
- Peter Lietz : The work of Franz Schönfeld and the top-fermenting beer brewery. In: GGB Yearbook 2014 pp. 8–35
- Obituary in the daily newspaper for brewery from 12./13. October 1940, Volume III p. 495
Remarks
- ↑ as Schönefeld, Franz recorded at the DNB
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schönfeld, Franz |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schönefeld, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Fermentation chemist and brewing scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 1, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hohendodeleben |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 2, 1940 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |