August Bolten
Johann August Gottfried Bolten (born January 23, 1812 in Kloddram , † July 19, 1887 in Hamburg ) was a German shipbroker and owner .
Life
August Bolten was born as the son of the lawyer Johann Joachim Bolten and his wife Anna Margarethe, née Rentzel, on Gut Kloddram (today a district of Vellahn). His father had acquired this estate in 1798 after having previously worked as a canon in Hamburg . His grandfather was the Hamburg city physicist Joachim Friedrich Bolten .
August Bolten was a partner in William Miller's ship brokerage, having been employed there as a clerk since 1831 . In 1844 he was the sole owner of the brokerage. It traded under the name Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's successor . Bolten was one of the founders of several Hamburg shipping companies. Sun led his efforts in 1847 establishing the Hamburg America Line and 1869 establishing the Hamburg-Brazilian-Steamship Company , from 1871, with a share of 28.5% of Bolten's shipping company Hamburg-South American Steamship Company emerged . In addition to his ship brokerage activities and several investments in shipping companies, he ran his own shipping company since 1866.
In 1860 he married the pastor's daughter Mathilde Büsch; the marriage remained childless.
The shipping company Aug. Bolten Wm. Miller's successor is still in the seventh generation of family ownership. Today's TT-Line also goes back to the August Bolten shipping company.
literature
- Gottfried Klein: Bolten, Johann August Gottfried. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, ISBN 3-428-00183-4 , p. 434 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bolten, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bolten, Johann August Gottfried (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German ship broker and owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 23, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kloddram |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 19, 1887 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |