Short biography and publications by Wilhelm Witter
Short biography
| 1866 | born on November 10, 1866 in Altenau/Harz |
| 1882-? | Metal smelter man at the silver smelter near St. Andreasberg |
| 1885-? | Visit to the mining school in Clausthal |
| 1891-1894 | Studies at the Mining Academy in Clausthal |
| 1894-1895 | Laboratory manager at the Fiscal Copper and Silver Smelter in Altenau |
| 1896-1906 | Minting of the State Metallurgical Laboratory in Hamburg |
| 1900-1906 | Member of the Board of the State Metallurgical Laboratory in Hamburg and present at the Mint. (eliminated after an industrial accident (poisoning)) |
| 1906-1931 | various activities in industry, including development of the Pape-Witter-Babé process |
| 1914-1918 | in the service of domestic raw material procurement for the defense industry |
| 1932-? | Arbeit am Mineralogischen Institut der Universität Halle, später am Institut (oder Staatsinstitut?) für Völkerkunde |
| 1937 | Award of the Gustaf Kossina Prize 1937 |
| 1940-1949 | Member of the Leopoldina (Section: Geology and Paleontology) |
| 1947 | Dr. Ing. h.c. of the Clausthal Mining Academy |
| 1948 | Dr. phil. h.c. of the University of Halle |
| 1949 | died on October 17, 1949 in Halle (also October 16 is mentioned) |
Wilhelm Witter is co-inventor of the Pape-Witter-Babe process for zinc extraction.
Wilhelm Witter is co-inventor of the Pape-Witter-Babe process for zinc extraction. After working at the State Metallurgical Laboratory, he worked for various companies. He acquired patents for Hüttenwerke Trotha and above all for M. Lissauer & Cie (Cologne).. Places of residence mentioned in patents were Braunschweig (1925) and especially Halle (from 1927).
In Halle he was a smelter director and became known as a geologist and paleontologist. It worked from 1932 at the Mineralogical Institute or the later Institute of Folklore at the University of Halle.
Many details of his resume are currently unclear.
Alternative name spellings
- Carl August Louis Wilhelm Witter
- C. A. L. W. Witter
- Wilhelm Witter
- W. Witter
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Publications and biographies
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