Hermann Julius Grüneberg (11 April 1827 – 7 June 1894) was a German chemist and inventor, and together with
Julius Vorster the founder of the
Chemische Fabrik Kalk.
Biography
Grüneberg was born on 11 April 1827 in Stettin, Province of Pomerania, Prussia, now
Szczecin
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, the capital city of West Pomeranian Voivodeship in Poland. He was the second of six children of the master organ builder August Wilhelm Grüneberg and his wife Caroline Henriette née Breslich from
Cammin. One of his brothers was Barnim Grüneberg, who took over his father's organ building business. He died on 7 June 1894 in
Cologne
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,
German Empire
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where he was buried in the
Melaten Cemetery.
Honours
A school, the Grüneberg-Schule, and a street, Grünebergstraße, in
Kalk, a district of Cologne, are named after him.
See also
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Chemische Fabrik Kalk
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Julius Vorster
Bibliography
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External links
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Webpageon Herman Julius Grüneberg
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1827 births
1894 deaths
Chemists from the Kingdom of Prussia
19th-century German chemists
German company founders
German chemical industry businesspeople
19th-century German businesspeople
Businesspeople from Szczecin
People from the Province of Pomerania
Scientists from Szczecin