Carl Rumpff

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The grave of Carl Rumpff in the family grave of his in-laws Friedrich and Julie Bayer on the Lutheran Hochstrasse cemetery in Wuppertal-Elberfeld.
The mineral hall of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin with the portraits of Carl Rumpff (left) and Stefan Franz Viktor of Austria (right) in the background.

Carl Heinrich Christian Ludwig Rumpff (born April 30, 1839 in Pyrmont , † June 2, 1889 in Berlin or in today's Wülfrath near the city limits of Wuppertal at Aprath Castle ), in literature also Karl Rumpff , was a partner from 1872 until his death of the paint factories Friedrich Bayer & Co. (today Bayer AG ), from 1881 first chairman of the supervisory board and a Berlin patron . In 1871 he married Friedrich Bayer's eldest daughter, Clara Bayer .

In the mineral collection of the Museum für Naturkunde in Berlin there is a portrait of Carl Rumpff, painted by Marie Beyme-Golien, as well as a memorial plaque. In his will, Carl Rumpff bequeathed an extensive mineral collection to the Mineralogical Museum of Berlin University, which he had acquired from Archduke Stephan Victor of Austria and the House of Oldenburg as his heirs. In Leverkusen , Carl-Rumpff-Str. named after him.

literature

  • Erich Verg: Milestones. History of Bayer AG 1863 to 1988. Self-published by Bayer AG, Leverkusen, 1988.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ In a source is mentioned 1838; 1839 is written on his gravestone
  2. ↑ Erich Verg: Milestones. The history of Bayer AG 1863 to 1988. Self-published by Bayer AG, Leverkusen, 1988
  3. ↑ a b Berlin honors personalities
  4. ↑ Family tree entry
  5. ^ Stephan von Habsburg-Lothringen (1817–1867). In: mineralogicalrecord.com. The Mineralogical Record, accessed March 13, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Leverkusen street directory
personal data
SURNAME Rumpff, Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Rumpff, Carl Heinrich Christian Ludwig (full name); Rumpff, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German entrepreneur, partner in Bayer AG and Berlin patron
DATE OF BIRTH April 30, 1839
PLACE OF BIRTH Pyrmont
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 1889
Place of death Berlin or Wülfrath