Hector Roessler
Johann Hector Roessler (* 1842 in Frankfurt am Main ; † September 18, 1915 there ) was a German chemist and entrepreneur .
Life
Hector Roessler was the eldest son of the Frankfurt Münzwardein Friedrich Ernst Roessler . Heinrich Roessler was his second-born brother. He studied chemistry at the Bergakademie Freiberg . In 1861 he became a member of the Corps Franconia Freiberg . After completing his studies, he founded the Hector Roessler Chemical-Technical Laboratory in Frankfurt am Main in 1863 .
In 1868, together with his brother Heinrich, he acquired the precious metal separator founded by his father in the Free City of Frankfurt in 1843 , which has since operated under the name of Friedrich Roessler Sons . In 1873 he became the Hector Roessler Chemical-Technical Laboratory and, together with his brother Heinrich, the Friedrich Roessler Sons to the Actiengesellschaft Dt. Gold and silver separator formerly Roessler (Degussa) merges. In addition to the recovery of precious metals from coins, which enjoyed a strong upswing in the years after the establishment of the Reich due to the introduction of the mark as imperial currency and the abolition of particular currencies, the company had the right to do banking with minted and unminted precious metals. In the following years, the business portfolio was expanded to include other precious metal products such as bright gold and the production of chemicals such as perborate .
literature
- Christine Polzien: Roessler, Friedrich Ernst. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , p. 745 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Andrea Hohmeyer: Roessler, Johann Heinrich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 21, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-428-11202-4 , pp. 746 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Horst-Ulrich Textor: Hector and Heinrich Roessler. The founders of "Degussa" and their studies in Freiberg / Saxony . Once and Now, yearbook of the Association for Corps Student History Research, Vol. 61 (2016), pp. 273-300.
Web links
- Hector Roessler in the German biography
- Clementine Alberdingk, painter and graphic artist on kultur-klosterneuburg.at (with comments on the Roessler family)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Corps list Corps Franconia in Freiberg, Saxony, March 5, 1838 to October 27, 1935, and Corps Franconia Fribergensis in Aachen since November 28, 1953, as of the summer semester 1985, p. 7
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Roessler, Hector |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Roessler, Johann Hector |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 1915 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |