August Adolf Focke
August Adolf Focke (born January 1, 1817 in Leipzig ; † September 3, 1885 there ) was a German businessman and founder .
Life
August Adolf Focke was born to August Wilhelm Focke (1782–1822) and Henriette Caroline Wendler (1788–1866).
At the end of the 1870s, Focke donated a large part of the assets he had acquired as a merchant to the city of Leipzig: 120,000 marks to set up a support fund at the city hospital, 30,000 marks for the poor institution and 500,000 marks to set up the “Focke Foundation”.
Honors
In 1908 the Fockestrasse in the Leipziger Südvorstadt was named after him. The adjacent, wooded, rubble, Bauernwiesen is commonly known as the “ Fockeberg ”, where the Fockeberg run takes place twice a year and the Prix de Tacot soap box race once a year .
Web links
- Focke, August Adolf. In: biogramme.de. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ^ August Adolf Focke. In: FamilySearch. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
- ↑ Heinrich Geffcken, Chaim Tykocinski: Foundation Book of the City of Leipzig . Leipzig, 1905 pp. 573-575
- ^ Gernot Griebsch, Gina Klank: Lexikon Leipziger Straßeennamen , Verlag im Wissenschaftszentrum Leipzig, 1995, ISBN 3-930433-09-5 , p. 77
- ↑ Fockeberglauf. In: Runner's World. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
- ^ Prix de Tacot. Retrieved March 20, 2016 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Focke, August Adolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman and founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1817 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 3, 1885 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |