Franz Oppenheim (born 13 July 1852 in

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; died 13 February 1929 in

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) was a German

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and

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who mainly worked for the Agfa company (now

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). His father was German jurist Otto Georg Oppenheim and his mother was ''Margarethe Mendelssohn'' (1823–1890). His sisters were Else (1844–1868), and Enole Oppenheim (1855–1939). He lived with his family in Berlin-

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Life

Oppenheim went to school at Friedrich Wilhelm Gymnasium in Berlin. He studied chemistry in Heildelberg and since 1874 in

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. Oppenheim married Else Wollheim (1858–1904), with her he had four children: Rose, Martha, Franz Caesar and Kurt Oppenheim. After the death of his first spouse he married '' Margarete Eisner'' in 1907. In Cologne Oppenheim worked first for company Vorster & Grüneberg. Oppenheim worked since 1928 for German company Agfa in Berlin. Oppenheim was also an arts collector.

Literature

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: ''Franz Oppenheim in memory of the anniversary of his death ''(13 February 1929). At the same time a contribution to the history of the Aktien-Gesellschaft für Anilinfabrikation . In: Journal for applied chemistry . 43, 1930, pp. 141–145, doi: 10.1002 / anie.19300430702 . *

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: A 28 - ''Franz Oppenheim'' . In: Mind and Fate. The men of I. G. Farbenindustrie AG in 161 short biographies . Weinheim u. a. 1990, pp. 226–228 *

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: Oppenheim, Franz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 19, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1999, , p. 563 f. ( Digitized version ).

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20th-century German chemists German industrialists Businesspeople from Berlin German art collectors 1852 births 1929 deaths People from Charlottenburg Agfa 19th-century German chemists {{Germany-business-bio-stub