Hugo Henkel
German chemist and industrialist
Hugo Wilhelm Henkel (21 January 1881 – 18 December 1952) was a German chemist and industrialist.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Hugo Henkel (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Jan 21, 1881, died Dec 18, 1952.1
Companies
- Erste Deutsche Walfang-GesellschaftFounder14
- Henkel KGaABoard member15
Career
Occupation: chemist, entrepreneur.9
- Since 1937Supervisory board, Deutsche Bank7 8
- Since 1905Worked at Henkel KGaA3 4
- Date not recordedFounded Erste Deutsche Walfang-Gesellschaft5
- Date not recordedBoard member, Henkel KGaA6
Personal life
On 19 September 1908, Hugo Henkel married the daughter of the sculptor Karl Janssen, Gerda, in Düsseldorf. Their children Karl Jost (1909-1961), Gerda Ruth (* 1910), Elisabeth (1914-1998), later known as Lisa Maskell, Konrad (1915-1999) and Paul (1916-1942) were born of her marriage. Paul Henkel died in the war on 27 July 1942 in Voronezh, Russia. A granddaughter of Hugo Henkel was the art collector and patron Anette Brandhorst, daughter of Hugo Henkel's daughter Elisabeth from her marriage to the architect Ernst Petersen.
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- 1WikidataHugo Henkel on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaHugo Henkel on Wikipedia
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- 13WikidataHugo Henkel: spouse, on Wikidata
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- 15WikidataHenkel KGaA, Board member
- 16Wikimedia CommonsHugo Henkel photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain