Gustav Adolf Jebsen
Gustav Adolf Jebsen (30 January 1884 – 20 January 1951) was a Norwegian industrialist.
Personal life
He was born in
Christian Gerhard Ameln Sundt. In 1917 he married attorney's daughter Lilla Døscher. He was a granduncle of Kristian Gerhard Jebsen and Atle Jebsen,[1] and an uncle of Kristian Jebsen.[2]
Career
Jebsen finished education in
Royal Technical College of Charlottenburg. He took the doctorate in Zurich in 1905 with the thesis Zur Kenntnis der Phenoxymucobrom- und Chlorsäure als aromatische Verbindungen. From 1905 to 1906 he studied at Sorbonne.[1]
In 1906 he was hired in
Elektrokemisk. Together with Peder Farup he discovered and innovated the use of titanium dioxide as the pigment titanium white; together with the exploitation of the Søderberg electrode, this was the most important innovation during Jebsen's time.[1]
The process of producing titanium white was figured out in 1914. Before that, Jebsen had become chief executive officer of Elektrokemisk in 1912. In 1916 he became chairman of the new company
patent rights for titanium white. Jebsen was hired in National Lead, and worked out of Paris, from 1929 as chief executive of Titan Co. Inc in Europe. The corporation included companies such as Titangesellschaft in Germany and British Titan Products.[1]
In 1940 Jebsen moved from Paris to
Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav after the war, in 1946. He died in January 1951 in London.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e Nerheim, Gunnar. "G Jebsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 December 2010.
- ^ Bakka, Dag. "Kristian Gerhard Jebsen". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 5 December 2010.