Person Mond; Ludwig (1839 - 1909) Mond Ludwig 1839 - 1909 German Male Kassel, Germany 07 March 1839 The Poplars, Avenue Road, Regent's Park, London 11/12/1909 19091211 Burial: Family mausoleum, St Pancras cemetery, Finchley, London

Winnington, Cheshire (1867-1884); The Poplars, 20 Avenue Road, London (1889)

Industrial chemistry Education: Marburg; Heidelberg Career: Worked in a soda works, Kassel; went to England (1862); patented the recovery of sulphur from Leblanc alkali waste; naturalized British (1880); started an alkali works with J T Brunner, at Winnington, Cheshire (1872), later known and Brunner, Mond and Co (1881); invented the Mond producer-gas plant, making ammonia and cheap producer gas; founded Mond Nickel Company (1888); gave £100,000 for the foundation of the Davy-Faraday laboratory; gave the Royal Society about £16,000 during his lifetime and bequeathed to it another £50,000 Memberships: FIC Son of Meyer Baer Mond, merchant, and his wife Henriette Levinsohn; married (1866) his cousin Frieda Loewenthal; father of Sir Robert Ludwig Mond (FRS 1938); and of Alfred Moritz Mond, 1st Baron Melchett (FRS 1928) Fellow 04/06/1891 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 7 Mar 1839 - 11 Dec 1909 NA7140 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/808457 64ad44e0-e25e-4eb6-9feb-6ffd54dc0296