Carl Harries, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Carl Harries

German chemist

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1866

Place of Birth: Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Nov-1923

Profession: chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Carl Dietrich Harries (5 August 1866 – 3 November 1923) was a German chemist born in Luckenwalde, Brandenburg, Prussia.
He received his doctorate in 1892.
In 1900, he married Hertha von Siemens, daughter of the electrical genius Werner von Siemens, and the inventor of one of the earliest ozone generators.
In 1904, he moved as full professor to the University of Kiel, where he remained until 1916.
During that time he published numerous papers on ozonolysis.
His major publication detailing ozonolysis was published in Liebigs Ann.
Chem.
1905, 343, 311.
Dissatisfied with academic life and having failed to obtain either of two positions at universities, he left academia to become Director of Research at Siemens and Halske.
He died on 3 November 1923 of complications following surgery for cancer.His great-grandfather was the German theologian Heinrich Harries.