Wilhelm Herbst (entrepreneur)

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Wilhelm Herbst (born October 23, 1842 in Schwerin ; † June 27, 1917 in Bremen ) was a German dentist , inventor , entrepreneur and pioneer in dentistry .

biography

Herbst learned the profession of dentist. As an inventor, he founded the Bremer Goldschlägerei in 1890 . This resulted in BEGO , based in Bremen with 410 employees (2014) and a turnover of 76.2 million euros (2014). a. the BEGO Bremer Goldschlägerei Wilh. Herbst GmbH & Co. KG . Herbst laid the foundation of the company with the idea of ​​processing dental gold. While the metal was previously hammered painfully into the cavity created by caries , Herbst first made the material cohesive over a flame and he created a gold foil . This in turn was processed into sealing gold in the form of gold pellets, which could then be more easily inserted into the cavity and adapted. The rotation method he developed quickly established itself worldwide in restorative therapy . The pioneer of dentistry wrote the book Methods and Innovations in the Field of Dentistry in 1895 .

As a patron he donated a. the Übersee-Museum a valuable collection.

His son Theodor Herbst ran the company after his death.

Works

  • Wilhelm Herbst: Methods and innovations in the field of dentistry . Odontological Publishing House, Berlin 1895.

Honors

  • Wilhelm-Herbst-Strasse in Bremen- Horn-Lehe on the grounds of the University of Bremen was named after him in 1992.
  • The Wilhelm Herbst Foundation for the Promotion of Art and Science bears his name. It promotes the purchase of art and cultural goods as well as the holding of exhibitions.

literature

  • Joachim Weiss: Questioning what is already there. The Bremer Goldschlägerei yesterday and today - a company chronicle. Self-published, Bremen 2005.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://runeberg.org/nfcp/0206.html
  2. ^ Stentenbach, Margret: Wilhelm Herbst (1842-1917) - a pioneer in dentistry , dissertation, University of Cologne 1970.
personal data
SURNAME Herbst, Wilhelm
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German dentist, inventor and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH October 23, 1842
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwerin
DATE OF DEATH June 27, 1917
Place of death Bremen