Gustav Keppeler

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Gustav Keppeler (born February 27, 1876 in Heilbronn , † August 21, 1952 in Hanover ) was a German professor for technical chemistry at the Technical University of Hanover .

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Keppeler studied in Stuttgart and at the University of Heidelberg until his doctorate in 1900 on oxyazo dyes . During his studies, he became in 1894 member of the Stuttgart singers shaft Schwaben . In 1903 the habilitation followed at the TH Darmstadt . In 1911 he became professor for technical chemistry and later head of the chemical-technical institute of the TH Hannover and the research institute for technical peatland utilization . From 1933 to 1947 he was a full professor in Hanover as a specialist in peat utilization, fuels and glass production . During the Second World War , he carried out important military orders for research on heavy motor fuels for the armored forces. Keppeler was considered a Nazi opponent and supporter of the DNVP , but in November 1933 he signed the confession of German professors about Adolf Hitler .

Writings and editions

  • Ed .: Ceramic Yearbook. Annual report on the progress of the entire clay, glass and mortar industry
  • The tasks of technical peatland utilization / The Dead Moor at Steinhuder Meer , Braunschweig 1914
  • Use of bog and peat , Halle adS 1922
  • Ed .: Die Glasfabrikation , by Robert Dralle, Oldenbourg, Munich-Berlin 1926
  • Glass as a material and an exchange material , Berlin 1927
  • Lower Saxony's moors and their use , with Bruno Tacke, Oldenburg-Hannover, 1930 (2nd edition, 1941)

literature

  • Michael Jung: "Our hearts beat to the Führer with great enthusiasm": The Technical University of Hanover and its professors under National Socialism , Norderstedt 2013.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Paul Meißner (Ed.): Alt-Herren-Directory of the German Singers. Leipzig 1934, p. 22.
personal data
SURNAME Keppeler, Gustav
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Keppeler, Gustav Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and university professor at the Technical University of Hanover
DATE OF BIRTH February 27, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Heilbronn
DATE OF DEATH August 21, 1952
Place of death Hanover