Max August Jordan
Max August Jordan (born October 26, 1818 - † December 22, 1892 ) was a chemist and owner of the chemical factory Dr. Jordan in Treptow in Berlin, whose merger with the Society for Anilinfabrikation the Agfa was.
Jordan came from a southern French Huguenot family . On December 11, 1850, he founded a chemical factory in Treptow for the production of blood liquor salt , Berlin blue and potassium cyanide . The location of the factory was on the Wiesenufer, the later Lohmühlenstraße in Alt-Treptow (today the Treptow-Köpenick district). In 1863 he was granted a license to manufacture aniline and aniline dyes, making him one of the first aniline manufacturers in Germany.
From the merger with the Gesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation Rummelsburg , the Actien-Gesellschaft für Anilin-Fabrikation was created on July 21, 1873 . The name AGFA followed later, it was registered on April 15, 1897 as a trademark for "chemical preparations for photographic purposes".
In 1924/25 the new Agfa drying board factory was built in Treptow, now part of Berlin, on Bouchéstrasse . Lohmühlenstrasse and Bouchéstrasse are connected by a street that has been named Jordanstrasse in his honor since 1895.
Web links
- Jordan, Max August on the website of ChemieFreunde Erkner e. V.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gustav von Jordan, Louis Jordan: Chronicle of the Jordan family . Ed .: Gustav von Jordan, Louis Jordan. German book and art print shop, GmbH, Zossen - Berlin SW. 48 1902, p. 161 .
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SURNAME | Jordan, Max August |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist and chemical manufacturer |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1818 |
DATE OF DEATH | December 22, 1892 |