Johann Urban
Johann Urban (also Johannes ; born June 7, 1863 in Wuchern (Vuhred) near Marburg , Lower Styria , † November 13, 1940 in Vienna ) was an Austrian chemist and industrialist and co-founder of the artificial silk industry .
Urban, son of a timber merchant, studied mechanical engineering and electrical engineering in Graz . After his training he worked in a light bulb factory in Rotterdam , where he met Max Fremery . Based on the material problem of the filament or filament in the lamps, they were jointly granted a patent in 1897 for the production of copper rayon, which was processed into fabric and was also known at the time as "luster material". In 1899 he became the technical director of the newly founded United Glanzstoff-Fabriken AG in Oberbruch near Aachen, and from 1904 he was director of the first Austrian Glanzstoff-Fabrik AGin St. Pölten . Before his industrial activity he was probably a teacher at a state trade school.
Individual evidence
- ↑ St. Pölten, 1929: Twenty-five years of the Erste Österreichische Glanzstoff-Fabrik AG
- ^ A b Rudolf Büttner: St. Pölten as a location for industrial and commercial production since 1850. 1972, chapter St. Pölten's early days (1901–1914)
- ↑ Manfred Wieninger : St. Pöltner tell street names. 2002, ISBN 3-7066-2208-4 , pp. 374-375 (entry on Urbanstrasse ).
Web links
- Entry on Johann Urban in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Urban, Johann |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Urban, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian chemist and industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1863 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marburg , Lower Styria |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1940 |
| Place of death | Vienna |