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James Lawrence Smith
John Lawrence Smith (February 10, 1889 – July 10, 1950) was a Germany, German-born Americans, American chemist, pharmaceutical industry executive, and sportsman. He was born Johann Schmitz in Krefeld, Kingdom of Prussia, Prussia, in German Empire, Imperial Germany. When he was three years old, his family emigrated to the United States and settled in Stonington, Connecticut. He became a naturalized citizen of the United States, naturalized U.S. citizen in 1908 and the family legally changed its name to Smith in 1918. Smith first joined Pfizer, Charles Pfizer and Company at age 17 while he was studying at night at Cooper Union (he received his degree in chemistry in 1911),"John L. Smith Dies: Noted Chemist, 61," ''The New York Times'', July 11, 1950 and would spend almost his entire business career at the Brooklyn-based pharmaceuticals giant. He rose to the positions of director (1918), secretary (1925), vice president (1929), president (1945) and chairman of the board (1949). His o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krefeld
Krefeld ( , ; li, Krieëvel ), also spelled Crefeld until 1925 (though the spelling was still being used in British papers throughout the Second World War), is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located northwest of Düsseldorf, its center lying just a few kilometers to the west of the river Rhine; the borough of Uerdingen is situated directly on the Rhine. Because of its economic past, Krefeld is often referred to as the "Velvet and Silk City". It is accessed by the autobahns A57 (Cologne– Nijmegen) and A44 (Aachen–Düsseldorf– Dortmund–Kassel). Krefeld's residents now speak ', or standard German, but the native dialect is a Low Franconian variety, sometimes locally called ', ', ', or sometimes simply '. The Uerdingen line isogloss, separating general dialectical areas in Germany and neighboring Germanic-speaking countries, runs through and is named after Krefeld's Uerdingen district, originally an independent municipality. History Early history Records ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
