Английская Википедия:Henrik J. Krebs
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Henrik Johannes Krebs[1] (June 27, 1847Шаблон:Spaced ndash October 7, 1929), sometimes called Henry J. Krebs, was an American immigrant from Denmark who started the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company to manufacture the pigment lithopone.[2][3][4]
Biography
Krebs was born on June 27, 1847, in Lolland, Denmark, to Hans Peter Tholstrup Krebs and Johanne Louise (Wichfled) Krebs.[2][5][6] He emigrated to the United States in 1879.[7]
He soon became the superintendent of the Delaware Sugar Beet Factory, associated with Alfred D. Wagner.[8] Krebs later joined Pusey & Jones Co. and built the first ice plant in Wilmington, Delaware.[9]Шаблон:Clarify
In 1886, Krebs, Wagner, and William G. Pennypacker founded the Delaware Chemical Company to produce anhydrous ammonia, which later became the National Ammonia Company.[9]
Around 1902, he formed the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company. In 1908, he built a new plant in Newport, Delaware.[2][10]
Krebs retired from Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company in 1921, when his son, August Sonin Krebs, took over as president.[11]
In 1926, Krebs supplied $150,000 to Newport, Delaware, for the construction of a school to be named after him, on the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary[12][13] The school opened in September 1927.[14]
For services to the Royal Polytechnic College in Copenhagen, the King of Denmark appointed Krebs Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.[9]
Krebs died on October 7, 1929, after a long illness.[2][7][9] After his death, his company was purchased by DuPont.[2][11]
Personal
On June 24, 1876, he married Ebba Victoria Kruse. At his death, he was survived by his wife and two children, August Sonnin, and Johanna Louise.[9]
See also
References
- ↑ Family tree, citation of descendant Charlotte Stuart.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Derby, George (1967). The National Cyclopaedia of American BiographyШаблон:Spaced ndash Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women Who Are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. New York City: James T. White & Co. pp. 14–15. Шаблон:OCLC.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 7,0 7,1 "Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, Volume 36". p. 639. (1929).
- ↑ "Superintendents of Beet Sugar Factories". The Sugar Beet. p. 11. February 1881. Шаблон:OCLC.
- ↑ 9,0 9,1 9,2 9,3 9,4 (October 8, 1929). H.J. "Krebs, Engineer, Dies at the Age of 82; Founder of Chemical Concern That Became the National Ammonia Company". The New York Times.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 (October 13, 1929). "ObituaryШаблон:Spaced ndash Krebs", Delmarvia Star.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ "HJ Krebs to Build Public School in Commemoration of His Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary". The American-Scandinavian Review. Volume 14. 1926.
- ↑ (September 4, 1927). "New H.J. Krebs School to Open on Tuesday". The Sunday Morning Star
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