Leberecht Adolf Orlando Keferstein

Leberecht Adolf Orlando Keferstein (born November 19, 1802 in Kröllwitz ; † October 14, 1836 ) was a German paper miller, from 1828 to 1836 owner of a paper mill in Berlin-Köpenick and inventor.

family

He was the son of Philipp Sebastian Ludwig Keferstein (1754-1834), a paper miller, and his wife (married October 14, 1790), the daughter Rahel Charlotte of the paper manufacturer Drewsen in Lachendorf near Celle. Leberecht Adolf Orlando Keferstein had five siblings, including the paper manufacturer Albrecht Ludwig Keferstein in Kröllwitz. He married Caroline Emilie Gleisberger on September 18, 1828 and had two children with her.

Life

In 1832 Keferstein received the Prussian patent for the production of Chinese paper. He was one of the first to deliver paper to America from 1833 onwards. A year earlier, he installed a steam engine in his company. After his death in 1836 the mill was sold to J. Rosenheim and converted into a leather and cloth factory.

Works

Winning award script: A thorough discussion of the shortcomings in paper production in northern Germany, which are generally due to a lack of rags, but rather of difficulties in obtaining suitable rags and the disadvantages of the rags privileges.

literature

Christian Keferstein : Memories from the life of an old Geognoste a. Ethnographers with news about the Keferstein family. Ed. Anton, Halle 1855.

Individual evidence

^ Wisso Weiss: Timeline for the history of paper. Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1983, p. 289.
^ Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Volume 80, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2008, p. 218.

personal data
SURNAME	Keferstein, Leberecht Adolf Orlando
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German inventor, manufacturer and paper miller
DATE OF BIRTH	November 19, 1802
PLACE OF BIRTH	Kröllwitz
DATE OF DEATH	October 14, 1836

[1] Wisso Weiss: Timeline for the history of paper. Fachbuchverlag, Leipzig 1983, p. 289.

[2] Historical Commission for Lower Saxony and Bremen: Lower Saxony Yearbook for State History. Volume 80, Verlag Hahnsche Buchhandlung, Hannover 2008, p. 218.