Researching Karl Hagen
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The name Karl means "Form of CHARLES. man, strong" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Karl Hagen on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Karl Hagen and the Hagen Family History
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Some Famous People called Karl Hagen
Karl Gottfried Hagen
Karl Gottfried Hagen (24 December 1749 – 2 March 1829) was a German chemist.
Hagen was born and died in Königsberg, Prussia.
He founded the first German chemical laboratory at the University of Königsberg, thus establishing the scientific discipline of pharmaceutical chemistry in Germany. He worked as a Professor in the field of physics, chemistry and mineralogy.
His daughter, Johanna, married the astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel.
Another daughter, Louise Florentine, married the physicist Franz Ernst Neumann.
Source: Karl Gottfried Hagen, Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaOther names that sound a bit like Hagen
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