Alexander von Geiger
Alexander Freiherr von Geiger (French: Alexandre de Geiger ; born August 23, 1808 at Schwarzenberg Castle (Scheinfeld) , † April 13, 1891 in Paris ) was a Franco-German industrialist and French politician.
Life
After graduating from high school in 1826, Alexander von Geiger studied at the (today's) Wilhelmsgymnasium Munich at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he was active in the Corps Isaria and reciprocated in 1827, and at the Ruprecht Karls University in Heidelberg , where he joined the Corps Rhenania in 1828 became active. In 1835 he married Pauline Utzschneider, daughter of the Saargemünder faience manufacturer Paul Utzschneider. Through his marriage he became the owner of the Saargemünder faience factory. He was also a mine owner.
In the Second Empire he was from 1852 to 1868 for the Moselle département member of the legislative body. From 1868 to 1870 he was a member of the Senate .
literature
- Alexandre de Geiger , in: Adolphe Robert, Gaston Cougny: Dictionnaire des parlementaires français , editor: Edgar Bourloton, 1889-1891.
Individual evidence
- ^ Max Leitschuh: The matriculations of the upper classes of the Wilhelmsgymnasium in Munich , 4 vol., Munich 1970–1976; Vol. 3, p. 271.
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 109 , 172.
- ↑ Kösener corps lists 1910, 119 , 307.
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| SURNAME | Geiger, Alexander von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Geiger, Alexandre de; Geiger, Alexander Freiherr von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Franco-German industrialist and French politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 23, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwarzenberg Castle (Scheinfeld) |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 1891 |
| Place of death | Paris |