Bergius

[ ber-gee-uhs; German ber-gee-oos ]

noun

1. Frie·drich [free, -drik, free, -d, r, i, kh], 1884–1949, German chemist: Nobel Prize 1931.

Bergius

/ ˈbɛrɡjʊs /

noun

1. BergiusFriedrich (Karl Rudolph)18841949MGermanSCIENCE: chemist 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

Example Sentences

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

From Nature

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

With him was Dr. Bergius himself to report his further wizardry with hydrocarbons.

From Time Magazine Archive

Brilliant and useful is Dr. Bergius' feat.

From Time Magazine Archive

Dr. Friedrich Bergius of Germany heated soft coal, hydrogen and a catalyst under heavy pressure.

From Time Magazine Archive