About
Chemist and president of the Victor G. Bloede Company which manufactured chemicals and made advances in methods of dyeing cotton fabrics. In his career he received 15 or 20 patents for his chemical processes.
Before Fame
He worked at Chemical Works in Brooklyn where he learned chemical manufacturing and pharmaceutical preparations.
Trivia
He invented the adhesive on stamps and envelopes.
Family Life
He married Elise Schon, who he had five children with, on June 5, 1883.
Associated With
He was a contemporary of fellow German chemist August Kekule.
