Ivan Levinstein
Ivan Levinstein (born July 4, 1845 in Berlin-Charlottenburg , † March 15, 1916 in Hale (Cheshire) near Manchester ) was a German-British chemist .
Levinstein studied chemistry at the TH Berlin-Charlottenburg and the University of Berlin, where he worked intensively on aniline dyes , but went to England before graduating , where he worked near Manchester in 1865 (in Blackley in the center of the British paint industry) at the age of only 19 founded a dye factory which u. a. Fuchsin made. The company flourished and in 1887 he opened a larger facility in Crumpsall (later ICI headquarters). Patent disputes with the front of the First World War (overpowering German dye industry , BASF , Bayer , Hoechst u. A.) Handicapped him strong and he ran successfully and tough over twenty years of lobbying for a change in the UK Patents Act, 1902 or 1907 was made and the German chemical company forced to set up their own production facilities in Great Britain if they wanted to continue to exercise the patent. In his words, they had previously dominated almost the entire field of organic chemistry through aggressive patent policy, even if others subsequently found better manufacturing processes. It was mainly thanks to his bustle that England still had an appreciable paint industry when the First World War broke out.
His dye company later became part of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) and later BASF. In addition to dyes, he was also active in other areas of the chemical industry (Ammonia Soda Company in Plumbley, Murgatroyd's Salt Company).
Levinstein received an honorary master’s degree from the University of Manchester. He was one of the founders and occasional editors of Chemical Review and he was for many years President of the Chamber of Commerce in Manchester, 1901-1903 President of the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI) (as did his son Herbert Levinstein) and one of the main sponsors of the Manchester School of Technology.
The Ivan Levinstein Lecture of the SCI is named in his honor.
literature
- Winfried Pötsch u. a. Lexicon of important chemists , Harri Deutsch 1989
- Obituary in Nature, Volume 97, 1916, p. 89 online
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Levinstein, Ivan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-British chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin -Charlottenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 15, 1916 |
| Place of death | Hale (Cheshire) |