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Haldor Topsøe

Danish engineer

Haldor Frederik Axel Topsøe (24 May 1913 – 20 May 2013) was a Danish engineer and founder and chairman of the catalysis company Haldor Topsøe. He was grandson of the chemist and crystallographer Haldor Topsøe (1842–1935), after whom he is named.²

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Born May 24, 1913, died May 20, 2013.¹

Companies

TopsilFounder¹³
TopsoeFounder¹⁴

Early life and education

1931Frederiksberg Gymnasium^{3 4}
Date not recordedTechnical University of Denmark³
Date not recordedDen Polytekniske Læreanstalt^{3 4}

Career

Occupation: chemical engineer, engineer, businessperson.⁷

Date not recordedFounded Topsil⁵
Date not recordedFounded Topsoe⁶

Personal life

BornMay 24, 1913, Copenhagen^{4 8}
CitizenshipKingdom of Denmark⁹

Topsøe was married to Inger Topsøe, born Veng Kunst 18 April 1913, from 1936 until her death on 20 August 2008 and they have four children, among them the mathematician Flemming Topsøe (born 25 August 1938) and the engineer Henrik Topsøe (born 1944) who became Chairman of Haldor Topsøe after his father's death in 2013; Henrik died of cancer on 9 August 2019, the day before his 75th birthday.

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Awards

2008Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog^{4 10}
1991Hoover Medal¹⁰
1969honorary doctor of the Technical University of Denmark^{10 12}
1968honorary doctor of the Aarhus University^{10 11}
1965Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog^{4 10}

Sources

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WikidataHaldor Topsøe on Wikidata
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WikipediaHaldor Topsøe on Wikipedia
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: education, on Wikidata
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Wikidataeducation, as reported by Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3rd edition
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: Founded Topsil, on Wikidata
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: Founded Topsoe, on Wikidata
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataHaldor Topsøe: award, on Wikidata
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Wikidataaward, as reported by Æresdoktorer proklameret af Aarhus Universitet
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Wikidataaward, as reported
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WikidataTopsil, Founder
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WikidataTopsoe, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsHaldor Topsøe photo by Staff photographer, CC BY-SA 3.0