Victor Gustav Bloede

Chemist

Birthday March 14, 1849

Birth Sign Pisces

Birthplace Germany

DEATH DATE Mar 27, 1937 (88)

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About

Chemist and president of the Victor G. Bloede Company which manufactured chemicals and made advances in methods of dyeing cotton fabrics. In his career he received 15 or 20 patents for his chemical processes.

Before Fame

He worked at Chemical Works in Brooklyn where he learned chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparations.

Trivia

He invented the adhesive on stamps and envelopes.

Family Life

He married Elise Schon, who he had five children with, on June 5, 1883.

Associated With

He was a contemporary of fellow German chemist August Kekule.