Gustav Aufschläger
Gustav Moritz Adolf Aufschläger (born February 9, 1853 in Jahnishausen near Riesa, † April 9, 1934 in Hamburg ) was a German explosives chemist and company leader.
Life
The son of the court gardener Friedrich Heinrich Bernhard Aufschläger studied either at the Dresden Polytechnic or in Heidelberg. 1878–1882 he was assistant in the chemical laboratory of the Royal Saxon Polytechnic in Dresden under Rudolf Schmitt . In a daring operation, he burned an overlaid supply of 80 centimeters of dynamite in ten days. While still working as an assistant, he was granted a license to set up his own dynamite factory in Hilbersdorf- Muldenhütten. After just six months, he was able to deliver the first dynamite to the neighboring pits.
The shareholders of the newly founded dynamite factory in Radeberg caused it to merge with Aufschläger's factory to form the Dresdner Dynamitfabrik AG with the factories near Radeberg and Freiberg in Saxony , under Aufschläger's overhead management. He found out about firedamp explosions in coal mines and did research on weather explosives that could prevent them from igniting. He also helped found the Central Office for Scientific and Technical Investigations in Neubabelsberg . In 1887 he and Emil Müller brought Wetterdynamit to production readiness.
In 1889 he was called to Hamburg by his friend Alfred Nobel and became general director of Dynamit AG. He was also in charge of the companies that were united in the German Union and was a decisive factor in the international business of the Nobel Dynamite Trust Company in London. Around 1911 he developed Romperit with Erich Boldt .
After the First World War he switched the powder factories to plastic and plastic fiber production, and joined them in 1926 when he left the IG Farbenindustrie. In 1933 he left the supervisory boards of IG Farben and Dynamit AG.
literature
- Carl Graf von Klinckowström : Aufschläger, Gustav Moritz Adolf. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 443 ( digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ sundoc.bibliothek.uni-halle.de (PDF)
- ↑ Gustav Aufschläger . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 1 : Aachen – Braniss . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2005, ISBN 3-11-094657-2 , p. 274 ( limited preview in Google Book search).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Serve, Gustav |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Serve, Gustav Moritz Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German explosives chemist and company leader |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 9, 1853 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jahnishausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 9, 1934 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |