Carl Friedrich Claus (born 9 November 1827 in Kassel; died 29 August 1900 in London) was a German

chemist A chemist (from Greek ''chēm(ía)'' alchemy; replacing ''chymist'' from Medieval Latin ''alchemist'') is a scientist trained in the study of chemistry. Chemists study the composition of matter and its properties. Chemists carefully describe t ...

and inventor. He patented the Claus process.

Life

Claus studied chemistry at

University of Marburg The Philipps University of Marburg (german: Philipps-Universität Marburg) was founded in 1527 by Philip I, Landgrave of Hesse, which makes it one of Germany's oldest universities and the oldest still operating Protestant university in the wor ...

in Germany. He emigrated to England, where he worked as chemist. A British patent for the ''Claus process'' was issued to him in 1883. The ''Claus process'' is the most significant gas desulfurizing process, recovering elemental sulfur from gaseous hydrogen sulfide. The process was later significantly modified by German company IG Farben His first wife was Mary Claus (born Brown). She died in

Wiesbaden Wiesbaden () is a city in central western Germany and the capital of the state of Hesse. , it had 290,955 inhabitants, plus approximately 21,000 United States citizens (mostly associated with the United States Army). The Wiesbaden urban area ...

, Germany, on 25 April 1880 at the age of almost 55. She had been living in Wiesbaden at least since 1878, and her daughters Elizabeth and Pauline have been with her at least since 1880/81, all three in Paulinenstraße Nr. 6. On 14 June 1900 the widower Claus, age 72, married in Hammersmith in the county of London his second wife, the spinster Caroline Barry. Claus died as a rich man in London in 1900.Ralf Steudel, Lorraine West, ''Vita of Carl Friedrich Claus (1827–1900) – inventor of the Claus Process for sulfur production from hydrogen sulfide.'' online-document from 2015 on ResearchGate.net. DOI: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1712.2644

External links

Researchgate.net: Carl Friedrich Claus

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Claus, Carl Friedrich 19th-century German chemists 19th-century German inventors University of Marburg alumni 1827 births 1900 deaths Scientists from Kassel