Achilles Bischoff
Achilles Bischoff (born January 24, 1795 in Basel ; † April 29, 1867 there ) was a Swiss politician.
Life
Achilles Bischoff, son of a businessman, attended schools in Basel and an institute in Neuchâtel. From 1815 to 1840 he was a cloth manufacturer in Livorno , Bergamo and Como . From 1840 to 1843 he was involved in the Rhine shipping company "Adler des Oberrheins", in 1843 he was one of the founders of the Giro- und Depositenbank (from 1845 bank in Basel), as its vice-president he was 1845-1848. Politically, he belonged to the so-called "Juste Milieu", the middle party between the conservatives and the liberal. From 1840 to 1850 he was a member of the large council and from 1847 to 1850 also of the small council. In 1848 he ran for the first parliamentary elections and represented the canton of Basel-Stadt in the National Council until 1852 , where he was primarily involved in questions of transport and trade policy. In December 1852 he had to resign from all offices because of a stroke. A street in the Gundeldingen quarter in Basel is named after him.
literature
- Niklaus Landolt: Bischoff, Achilles. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Eduard His : Achilles Bischoff , in: Basler Handelsherren des 19. Century , Benno Schwabe & Co. Verlag, Basel 1929, pp. 70–81.
Web links
- Publications by and about Achilles Bischoff in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bischoff, Achilles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 24, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 29, 1867 |
| Place of death | Basel |