Karl Heinrich Emil Becker, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Heinrich Emil Becker

German general

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1879

Place of Birth: Speyer, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany

Date of Death: 08-Apr-1940

Profession: military personnel, chemist, university teacher

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Karl Heinrich Emil Becker (14 September 1879 in Speyer – 8 April 1940 in Berlin) was a German weapons engineer and artillery general.
He advocated and implemented close ties of the military to science for purposes of advanced weapons development.
He was the head of the Army Ordnance Office, Senator of the Kaiser Wilhelm Society, first president of the Reich Research Council, the first general officer to be a member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences, as well as being a professor at both the University of Berlin and the Berlin Technical University.
He was an early and key supporter of the development of ballistic rockets as weapons.
The military-scientific infrastructure he helped implement supported the German nuclear energy program, known as the Uranium Club.
Being depressed over heavy criticism from Hitler for shortfalls in munitions production, he committed suicide in 1940.
He was given a State funeral.