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Bergius

American  
[ber-gee-uhs, ber-gee-oos] / ˈbɛr gi əs, ˈbɛr giˌʊs /

noun

  1. Friedrich 1884–1949, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1931.


Bergius British  
/ ˈbɛrɡjʊs /

noun

  1. Friedrich ( Karl Rudolph ) (ˈfriːdrɪç). 1884– 1949, German chemist, who invented a process for producing oil by high-pressure hydrogenation of coal: Nobel prize for chemistry 1931

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In 1931, two Germans, Carl Bosch and Friedrich Bergius, became the first industrial researchers to win in chemistry.

From Nature • Oct. 21, 2019

His team includes Brian Axe, former director of AdSense products at Google,  Henri Bergius, a pioneer in open source content management engineering and Leigh Taylor, former design lead at Medium.

From Forbes • Oct. 15, 2014

If natural food again becomes scarce in Germany, Chemist Bergius will doubtless be in charge of producing Ersatz food for empty German stomachs.

From Time Magazine Archive

In 1914 young Bergius conceived the idea of making motor fuel from coal by hydrogenation under high heat and heavy pressure.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Elector himself remained in his cabinet and had the court preacher John Bergius called, that he might pray with him and edify him by a few hours' pious conversation.

From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

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