Johan Fredrik Gram (14 April 1868 – 27 December 1947) was a Norwegian chemist.

Personal life

He was born in Drammen as a son of Jens Gram. He was a brother of

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, a maternal grandson of P. A. Munch and a paternal great-grandson of Jens Jensen Gram, a nephew of

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and a second cousin of

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. His aunt Nicoline was married to Eilif Peterssen. In October 1896 he married Elisabeth Cappe Schram. She was the older sister of his brother Mads' wife Irma.

Career

He finished his secondary education in 1887, studied in Kristiania and Berlin, and took the

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degree in 1892 at the University of Jena. Between 1898 and 1903 he lived in Fredrikstad and was a co-owner of "Fredriksstad Trækulfabrik", an enterprise trying to produce charcoal from debris from the sawmills. The factory was torn down in 1903 and Gram and his family moved to Oslo. He was hired as the head chemist of the Norwegian State Railways in December 1908. He is also known for his research on the coal at

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, harvested by

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from 1916. Gram was also admitted into the exclusive skiing-based social club SK Ull in 1895. He served as deputy chairman from 1926 to 1928, and chairman from 1928 to 1933 and 1935 to 1940.

References

1868 births 1947 deaths Norwegian chemists Norwegian expatriates Expatriates in the German Empire People from Drammen SK Ull members {{Norway-academic-bio-stub