Bergius

American

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

noun

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

Bergius British

/ ˈbɛrɡjʊs /

noun

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

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Son of an industrial chemist, Friedrich Bergius was born in what is now the Polish Corridor, became assistant to Fritz Haber who won a Nobel Prize for the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bergius called the leaf, mundans, pellens, et diuretica.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

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