!!!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. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Urban,_Johann|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]