Henrik J. Krebs Explained

Henrik Johannes Krebs
Birth Date:27 June 1847
Birth Place:Lolland, Denmark
Other Names:Henry J. Krebs
Occupation:Businessman
Spouse:Ebba Victoria Kruse

Henrik Johannes Krebs[1] (June 27, 1847 October 7, 1929), sometimes called Henry J. Krebs, was an American immigrant from Denmark who started the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company to manufacture the pigment lithopone.[2] [3]

Biography

Krebs was born on June 27, 1847, in Lolland, Denmark, to Hans Peter Tholstrup Krebs and Johanne Louise (Wichfled) Krebs.[4] [5] He emigrated to the United States in 1879.

He soon became the superintendent of the Delaware Sugar Beet Factory, associated with Alfred D. Wagner.[6] Krebs later joined Pusey & Jones Co. and built the first ice plant in Wilmington, Delaware.

In 1886, Krebs, Wagner, and William G. Pennypacker founded the Delaware Chemical Company to produce anhydrous ammonia, which later became the National Ammonia Company.

Around 1902, he formed the Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company. In 1908, he built a new plant in Newport, Delaware.[7]

Krebs retired from Krebs Pigments and Chemical Company in 1921, when his son, August Sonin Krebs, took over as president.

In 1926, Krebs supplied $150,000 to Newport, Delaware, for the construction of a school to be named after him, on the occasion of his 50th wedding anniversary[8] [9] The school opened in September 1927.[10]

For services to the Royal Polytechnic College in Copenhagen, the King of Denmark appointed Krebs Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

Krebs died on October 7, 1929, after a long illness.[11] [12] [13] After his death, his company was purchased by DuPont.[11] [14]

Personal

On June 24, 1876, he married Ebba Victoria Kruse. At his death, he was survived by his wife and two children, August Sonnin, and Johanna Louise.[13]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Family tree, citation of descendant Charlotte Stuart.
  2. Book: Munroe, John A. . History of Delaware . 1979 . . 188 . 978-0874131277 . The latter company was founded in Delaware by a Danish immigrant, Henrik J. Krebs. Its factories at Newport and Edge Moor are now (1978) the only Du Pont ... . John A. Munroe .
  3. Web site: Database . February 2014 . E. I. DuPont De Nemours Site . June 17, 2015 . From 1902 to 1929, Henrik Krebs built the plant and used it to manufacture a white zinc and barium-based pigment called Lithopone. . Environmental Protection Agency.
  4. Derby, George (1967). The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women Who Are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. New York City: James T. White & Co. pp. 14–15. .
  5. Web site: Name: Henry J. Krebs. Birth: 27 June 1847 – Denmark. Date: 26 June 1913. Residence: Wilmington, Delaware . United States Department of State.
  6. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cd_mAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA71 "Superintendents of Beet Sugar Factories"
  7. Web site: Newport, Delaware . October 24, 2011 . Newport participated in the State's burgeoning chemical industry when, in 1908, Henrik J. Krebs built a chemical and pigment plant along Christiana Creek. . .
  8. Book: Robert J. Taggart . Private Philanthropy and Public Education – Pierre S. Du Pont and the Delaware Schools, 1890–1940 . . 209 . 978-0874133189 . October 24, 2011 . Also, industrialist Henrik J. Krebs provided a substantial gift of $150000 to construct the eight- classroom school in Newport named after him. .... Robert J. Taggart. 1988.
  9. https://books.google.com/books?id=YIMIAQAAIAAJ&q=%22H.J.+Krebs%22+denmark "HJ Krebs to Build Public School in Commemoration of His Fiftieth Wedding Anniversary"
  10. (September 4, 1927). "New H.J. Krebs School to Open on Tuesday". The Sunday Morning Star
  11. Web site: [{{NRHP url|id=93000631}} Joseph Tatnall House ]. . October 25, 2011 . Henrik J. Krebs died October 7, 1929, aged 82 ... . .
  12. https://books.google.com/books?id=suDqAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Henry+j.+Krebs%22 "Chemical & Metallurgical Engineering, Volume 36"
  13. (October 8, 1929). H.J. "Krebs, Engineer, Dies at the Age of 82; Founder of Chemical Concern That Became the National Ammonia Company". The New York Times.
  14. (October 13, 1929). "Obituary Krebs", Delmarvia Star.

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