Wilhelm Wielandt

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Wilhelm Felix Wielandt (born August 31, 1870 in Karlsruhe , † December 14, 1964 in Westerland ) was a German chemist and manufacturer .

Life

The son of the Imperial Court Councilor Karl Wielandt (1830–1914) attended high school in Karlsruhe and then studied chemistry in Heidelberg , Munich and Leipzig . There doctorate he 1894. After working in coking plants in Gelsenkirchen and England, he was a research assistant of Hans Bunte at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and came there in August 1902, the problem of Torfverkokung . In the chemist Paul Höring he found an interested employee and financier. After experiments in 1902 at the Technical University in Oslo and at the University of Environmental and Biosciences in Ås , Norway , the experiments were moved to Berlin in 1903 and were ultimately successful there.

In March 1903 Höring and Wielandt were able to present their process for the production of peat coke and had their process protected by various patents. After patenting Wielandt founded in April 1905 in Elisabethfehn the peat coke GmbH . After the build-up period until 1908 and temporary losses, Wielandt's financiers lost interest and he took over all the business shares himself. The company remained under Wielandt's management until his death.

family

Wielandt was married twice. First with Elisabeth born Simons (1875–1925) and after her death with Gondeline Christiansen (* 1895), the daughter of Captain Peter Georg Christiansen from Westerland. Both marriages remained childless, but the couple adopted two children.

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personal data
SURNAME Wielandt, Wilhelm
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wielandt, Wilhelm Felix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German chemist and manufacturer
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlsruhe
DATE OF DEATH December 14, 1964
Place of death Westerland