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Solvay, Ernest, 1838-1922

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

The Papers of Georg and Max Bredig

 Collection
Identifier: 2019-011
Abstract This collection of mixed media contains manuscripts, photographs, publications, artifacts and works of art collected and owned by Georg and Max Bredig. The collection documents Georg Bredig’s scientific training and rise to prominence as a gifted physical chemist in pre-World War II Germany. In contrast, the scope of the collection takes a dramatic shift after the Nazi rise to power in 1933. As a result of Bredig’s Jewish descent, his scientific career and very way of life was...
Dates: 1891-1968; Majority of material found within Bulk 1894-1944