Theodor Goldschmidt
Carl Theodor Wilhelm Goldschmidt (born June 4, 1817 in Berlin ; † January 4, 1875 there ) was a German chemist and founder of the "Chemical Factory Theodor Goldschmidt" .
Life
Theodor Goldschmidt came from a wealthy Jewish family. After the early death of his father, his two uncles Karl Goldschmidt (1792-1857) and Friedrich Eduard Goldschmidt (* 1794) were appointed guardians, both owners of the calico printing company R. Goldschmidt & Sons in Berlin, which was still in Should go bankrupt.
Theodor Goldschmidt studied chemistry at the Berlin University and enjoyed training as a colorist, a specialist in the color design of fabrics. He converted to the Protestant Christian faith in 1834 . In 1847 he founded his own company, the "Chemical Factory Theodor Goldschmidt".
He was a very educated man, was very interested in philosophy and kept in contact with many well-known chemists. His entrepreneurial achievements, on the other hand, were more limited to the maintenance than the expansion of his stagnating company, for which family reasons are probably responsible. He had a heart condition and his wife died in 1862.
After his death, Karl Reimer took over briefly in 1875 and then his son-in-law Otto Kersten (1839-1900), the geographer and Africa explorer, the small factory in trust for the two underage sons. It was not until 1882 and 1888, respectively, that the chemists Karl Goldschmidt and Hans Goldschmidt took over the management themselves. They expanded the business area away from the sole production of auxiliaries for the textile industry and in 1890 relocated the company headquarters to Essen in the Ruhr area .
Individual evidence
- ^ Walter Däbritz, Barbara Gerstein: Goldschmidt, Johann Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1964, ISBN 3-428-00187-7 , p. 609 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Biography Theodor Goldschmidt ( Evonik Industries AG, Chemicals Business Area ; formerly Goldschmidt AG)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goldschmidt, Theodor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Goldschmidt, Carl Theodor Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 4, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 4, 1875 |
| Place of death | Berlin |