Karl Friedrich Stahl

Background

Stahl, Karl Friedrich was born on March 14, 1855 in Zwiefalten, Wurttemberg, Germany. Son of Johann Jacob and Luise (Kurz) Stahl.

Education

Student Institute of Technology, Stuttgart, 1872-1875. University of Tübingen, 1875-1876, Doctor of Science, 1876, renewed 1926.

Career

Luise. Came to the United States, 1876, naturalized, 1888. Chemist Charles Lennig & Company, Philadelphia, 1876-1880, Northwestern Fertilizer Company, Chicago, 1880-1882. Superintendent National Fertilizer Company, Nashville, Tennessee, 1882-1884, Johnstown (Pennsylvania) Chemical Works, 1884-1890, James Irwin & Company, Pittsburgh, 1890-1899.

Superintendent Pittsburgh works, General Chemical Company, 1899-1913.

Research chemist General Chemical Company and consultant chemist since 1914.

Achievements

• Karl Friedrich Stahl has been listed as a noteworthy chemistry by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Chemical Society (chairman Pittsburg section, 1916, emeritus 1933), Engineer Society of Western Pennsylvania (director 1895. Member 1937), Verein Deutscher Chemiker, Society Chemical Industry (England).

Connections

Married Emma Onyx Johnson, August 8, 1881 (died November 1924).

Father:

Johann Jacob Stahl

Mother:

Luise (Kurz) Stahl

Spouse:

Emma Onyx Johnson