Personal Life
Beckmann married Bertha Oertel on March 20, 1887 and had one daughter and two sons with her.
During the First World War, Beckmann had conducted research on lupin beans to make them available to feed animals. It was his practice to taste water removed from lupins as a way to determine if toxic bitter portions had been removed by aqueous extractions. It is speculated that this practice might have severely damaged his health, for by his retirement he was quite ill.
Beckmann died in Berlin on July 12, 1923 and was buried at Dahlem.
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