Friedrich Carl Krupp (

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, 17 July 1787 – Essen, 8 October 1826) was a German steel manufacturer and founder of the

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family commercial empire that is now subsumed into

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Biography

After the death of his father, he was brought up by his

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Helene Amalie Krupp, who had, in 1800, purchased the Sterkrade Works. Here Friedrich endeavored to make cast

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, the secret of which was carefully guarded in

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. With Gottlob Jacobs, an engineer, Krupp made his first experiments at the Sterkrade Works, and after the sale of the plant in 1808 continued his attempts independently at Essen. In 1810 he founded a small forging plant near Essen, and in 1815 formed a partnership with Friedrich Nicolai for the production of cast steel, a product which was found excellent for certain purposes, such as mint dies, stamps for buttons, etc. Yet the demand was not sufficient to keep the works in operation, and soon after 1820 Krupp was obliged to give up his house to occupy a small one-story laborer's cottage near his plant. The hut was long preserved in the midst of the gigantic Krupp works. After his death, the business was taken over by his widow

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. Shortly before his death, he confided to his son

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the secret of making cast steel, which the latter developed successfully.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Krupp, Friedrich 1787 births 1826 deaths Friedrich Krupp Businesspeople from Essen German company founders 19th-century German businesspeople German industrialists German steel industry businesspeople