Jeremias Friedrich Gülich
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Jeremias Friedrich Gülich | |
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| Born | 1733 Cannstatt, Germany[1] |
| Died | September 1803 (aged 70) |
| Occupation | Dyer |
| Spouse | Christina Hübner[1] |
| Children | Heinrich Gottlieb[1] |
| Father | Georg Marx Gülich[1] |
Jeremias Friedrich Gülich (1733–1803[2]) was a dyer in the neighbourhood of Stuttgart; he published the Complete Dyeing and Bleaching Book, an elaborate six-volume work on the technical details of dying.[3] He made contributions in improving the body of scientific knowledge on colour.[4] Johann Wolfgang von Goethe praised Jeremias' contribution to optics[5] heavily in his book Theory of Colours.[6] Although Jeremias and Goethe never conversed personally, Jeremias was very pleased to be praised by a figure so well known.[7] Jeremias also helped to set industry standards on dying, most notably of sheep wool.[4] After writing his books in Sindelfingen between the years 1776 and 1778, he ran a military orphanage in Ludwigsburg, where the boys spun cotton and the girls knitted and spun cotton and flax. In 1785, Jeremias opened his own cotton mill.[1] By the end of his life he had become the sole supplier of clothing to the military and also opened a saltpeter and gunpowder factory.[1]
