Max August Jordan

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To the left of the Görlitzer Bahn route, the buildings of the former factory on Lohmühlenstrasse, the faded Agfa lettering on the gable wall, 1986

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.

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  1. ↑ 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