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Gustav Adolph Hagemann
Gustav Adolph Hagemann (16 May 1842 – 26 April 1916) was a Danish engineer and businessman. He was chief technical officer of the Danish Sugar Factories from 1872 to 1897 and then served as chairman of the board until 1916. He owned several sugar plantations on Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies.
Hagemann was born on the Rodsteenseje estate at Odder in 1842, the son of Otto Waldemar Hagemann (1809–1890) and Sophie Marie Poulsen (1815–1901). His father owned the estate until 1857 when he returned to Holstein. Hagemann went to school in Aarhus before studying Applied Sciences at the College of Advanced Technology in Copenhagen from 1860 to 1865.
Hagemann was employed by the Øresund cryolite factory (Øresunds chemiske Fabriker, Kryolitfabrikken) in 1864. In 1865, when he had completed his exams, Kryolit Mine og Handelsselskabet sent him to the US to oversee the deliveries of cryolite to the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. In early 1856, he travelled to the US to provide technical support in connection with the first deliveries of cryolite from Greenland.
With inspiration from David Alter's nearby production site, Hagemann began to work on improving methods to manufacture and purify bromine from salt wells. He obtained several patents and in the spring of 1868 established his first plant in Pomeroy, Ohio.
During a visit to Europe in the summer of 1869, C. F. Tietgen convinced Hagemann to purchase the Øresund cryolite factory in a partnership with Vilhelm Jørgensen (1844–1925). Hagemann then sold his bromine manufacturing activities in the US and settled permanently in Denmark.
Hagemann and Vilhelm Jørgensen also constructed Hinnerup Natroncellulosefabrik for Count Mogens Frijs and operated it on a ten-year lease. They also established Drakulla Cellulosefabrik in Småland, Sweden.
When De Danske Sukkerfabrikker ('The Danish Sugar Factories') were founded in 1872, Tietgen selected Hagemann for the position as chief chemist (Danish: overkemiker) in the new company. Hagemann oversaw the construction of the company's first manufacturing site, Sukkerkogeriet Odense, in Odense, which began operations in 1873–1874. He was then sent to the Danish West Indies to reorganize the sugar cane industry. St. Croix Fællessukkerkogeri started operations in 1878 and the last technical challenges were solved when Hagemann visited St. Croix for the third time in 1879.
Hagemann, who was appointed to chief technical officer in 1882, was also responsible for planning the new sugar manufacturing plants in Nakskov (1881), Assens (1883) and Stege (1883).
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Gustav Adolph Hagemann
Gustav Adolph Hagemann (16 May 1842 – 26 April 1916) was a Danish engineer and businessman. He was chief technical officer of the Danish Sugar Factories from 1872 to 1897 and then served as chairman of the board until 1916. He owned several sugar plantations on Saint Croix in the Danish West Indies.
Hagemann was born on the Rodsteenseje estate at Odder in 1842, the son of Otto Waldemar Hagemann (1809–1890) and Sophie Marie Poulsen (1815–1901). His father owned the estate until 1857 when he returned to Holstein. Hagemann went to school in Aarhus before studying Applied Sciences at the College of Advanced Technology in Copenhagen from 1860 to 1865.
Hagemann was employed by the Øresund cryolite factory (Øresunds chemiske Fabriker, Kryolitfabrikken) in 1864. In 1865, when he had completed his exams, Kryolit Mine og Handelsselskabet sent him to the US to oversee the deliveries of cryolite to the Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company. In early 1856, he travelled to the US to provide technical support in connection with the first deliveries of cryolite from Greenland.
With inspiration from David Alter's nearby production site, Hagemann began to work on improving methods to manufacture and purify bromine from salt wells. He obtained several patents and in the spring of 1868 established his first plant in Pomeroy, Ohio.
During a visit to Europe in the summer of 1869, C. F. Tietgen convinced Hagemann to purchase the Øresund cryolite factory in a partnership with Vilhelm Jørgensen (1844–1925). Hagemann then sold his bromine manufacturing activities in the US and settled permanently in Denmark.
Hagemann and Vilhelm Jørgensen also constructed Hinnerup Natroncellulosefabrik for Count Mogens Frijs and operated it on a ten-year lease. They also established Drakulla Cellulosefabrik in Småland, Sweden.
When De Danske Sukkerfabrikker ('The Danish Sugar Factories') were founded in 1872, Tietgen selected Hagemann for the position as chief chemist (Danish: overkemiker) in the new company. Hagemann oversaw the construction of the company's first manufacturing site, Sukkerkogeriet Odense, in Odense, which began operations in 1873–1874. He was then sent to the Danish West Indies to reorganize the sugar cane industry. St. Croix Fællessukkerkogeri started operations in 1878 and the last technical challenges were solved when Hagemann visited St. Croix for the third time in 1879.
Hagemann, who was appointed to chief technical officer in 1882, was also responsible for planning the new sugar manufacturing plants in Nakskov (1881), Assens (1883) and Stege (1883).
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