Georg Becker (chemist)

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Georg Albert Becker (born August 17, 1884 in Offenbach am Main , † after 1935) was a German chemist .

Life

Listed house of Georg Becker in Berlin-Wannsee

He was the son of the factory owner Ludwig Becker from Offenbach am Main and his wife Maria née Schilling. After attending grammar school, Georg Becker studied at the University of Munich , then moved to the University of Freiburg im Breisgau . Later he went to the University of London and then to the Technical University of Darmstadt , he also spent some time studying in Dresden . A longer study trip took him to the United States of America . He received his doctorate in chemistry in 1910. The topic of his dissertation was on the relationship between color and constitution of pyridine dyes from secondary amines . He then worked as factory director of Byk-Guldenwerke Chemische Fabrik Aktiengesellschaft in Berlin.

In the 1920s, together with Agathe Wolff from Berlin-Charlottenburg , he invented a process for stable aqueous bismuth acetate solutions . They made a solution containing bismuth lactate and alkali lactate by adding alkali to make it neutral or alkaline.

Georg Becker lived in Berlin-Wannsee in house NW 40, Alsenstrasse 5 (photo), which today is a Berlin cultural monument with the number 09075499 and is a listed building.

Georg Becker used a picture of a knight in armor as an ex-libris, his arms resting on a sword and a castle in the background.

family

Georg Becker had been married to Maria, the daughter of the gynecologist Leopold from Dresden, since 1915. Two sons emerged from their marriage.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chemical-technical overview. Supplement to the reports on the entire field of pure and applied chemistry , Volume 53, 1929, page 47.
  2. Jump up ↑ Advances in Tar Paint Manufacturing and Related Industries , Volume 16, Issue 2, 1927, page 2625.
  3. ↑ Entry at the State Monuments Office in Berlin
  4. ↑ SKD online collection
personal data
SURNAME Becker, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Becker, Georg Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist
DATE OF BIRTH 17th August 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenbach am Main
DATE OF DEATH after 1935