born March 7, 1839, Kassel, Hesse-Kassel
died Dec. 11, 1909, London, Eng.
German-British chemist and industrialist.
After immigrating to England in 1862, he improved the Solvay process for making sodium carbonate (soda ash) and developed a process for extracting nickel from its ores. He was a founder of the important chemical firm Brunner, Mond and Co. and of the Mond Nickel Co.