!!!Urban, Johann

Urban, Johann, b. Maribor, Slovenia (then Marburg), June 7, 1863, 
d. Vienna, Nov. 13, 1940, chemist. Co-founder of the glossy fabric 
industry, 1897 together with M. Fremery patented the production of 
artificial copper silk, 1899 technical director of the newly founded 
Vereinigte Glanzstoff Fabriken AG in Oberbruch near Aachen, from 1904 
head of the Erste oesterreichische Glanzstoff-Fabrik AG in St. 
Poelten.



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