Albert Steche
Albert Karl Steche (born September 9, 1862 in Plagwitz , † September 28, 1943 in Leipzig ) was a German chemist , entrepreneur and politician ( NLP ) and a personality of the Esperanto movement.
Life
Steche attended the humanistic Thomas School in Leipzig until 1883 . After graduating from high school, he studied chemistry at the Technical University of Dresden , the Technical University of Hanover and the University of Würzburg . In 1897 he was on the methylation of indoles to Dr. phil. PhD.
From 1887 he was employed as a chemist in the Leipzig company Heine & Co. , which produced essential oils and artificial fragrances, and in 1889 became a partner in the company, which was founded in 1859 by his father Otto Steche (1834–1908) and Carl Heine ( 1819–1888) was founded. As a result, extensive factories were built in Grasse in the south of France and a new factory was built in Gröba . In 1912 his fortune was given as 1.4 million Reichsmarks, his annual income at 110,000 Reichsmarks.
From 1909 to 1918, Steche was a member of the second chamber of the state assembly of the Kingdom of Saxony as a representative of the Leipzig 6 constituency . He belonged u. a. the Association of Saxon Industrialists , in which he was a board member from 1905 to 1920, the Hansa-Bund , in which he temporarily held the office of Vice President, and the Federation of Industrialists , in which he was also a board member.
From 1920 to 1925 he was chairman of the German Esperanto Association .
Shortly after the outbreak of the First World War , he published a statement in the magazine Rund um die Welt entitled Esperanto and the World War , in which he saw only advantages for the spread of Esperanto in this war. He hoped for an alliance with Turkey to occupy the Suez Canal and derived from the resulting connections to the Islamic world a need for a neutral auxiliary language. Quote: “The awareness of working for a great cultural act in general and for Germanness in particular will grant him an uplifting, inner satisfaction. Vivu Esperanto! "
His son was the Germanist Theodor Steche (1895–1945).
Fonts (selection)
- Transformation of the indoles into hydroquinolines. In: Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 242 (1887) 3, 348-366. doi : 10.1002 / jlac.18872420309 (together with Emil Fischer )
- About some derivatives of β-naphtindole. In: Justus Liebigs Annalen der Chemie 242 (1887) 3, 367-371. doi : 10.1002 / jlac.18872420310
literature
- Elvira Döscher, Wolfgang Schröder : Saxon parliamentarians 1869–1918. The deputies of the Second Chamber of the Kingdom of Saxony in the mirror of historical photographs. A biographical handbook (= photo documents on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 5). Droste, Düsseldorf 2001, ISBN 3-7700-5236-6 , pp. 473-474.
Web links
- Literature by and about Albert Steche in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Richard Sachse , Karl Ramshorn, Reinhart Herz: The teachers of the Thomasschule in Leipzig 1832-1912. The high school graduates of the Thomas School in Leipzig 1845–1912 . BG Teubner Verlag, Leipzig 1912, p. 72.
- ↑ Esperanto and the World War
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sting, Albert |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Steche, Albert Karl (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German chemist, industrialist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1862 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Plagwitz |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 28, 1943 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |