Carl Georg Friedrich Baur
Georg Baur (born February 5, 1859 in Stuttgart , † July 31, 1935 in Essen - Bredeney ; full name: Carl Georg Friedrich Baur ) was a German civil engineer and industrial manager .
Life
The son of a professor attended the secondary school in Stuttgart and studied civil engineering at the Technical University of Stuttgart . During his studies, he became a member of the fraternity Academic Society Sonderbund Stuttgart . After passing the second state examination in 1886 , he became government builder ( Assessor ) of the Kingdom of Württemberg . On October 1, 1889, he moved to the Krupp company. During this time he studied oriental languages and then worked for the Krupp company in China until 1893 . During this time he was appointed the chief inspector of the Chinese railways by the Chinese viceroy. Between 1893 and 1895 he worked again in Essen, then again in China until June 30, 1906. On July 1, he became director of the Germania shipyard in Kiel , which Krupp took over in 1896 , a deputy member of the board on May 18, 1915, and a full member of the board of directors of Friedrich Krupp AG on December 14, 1915 . At the same time he was a technical advisor to the Republic of China until 1913 .
Honors
- Officer's Cross of the Imperial Austrian Franz Joseph Order
- Turkish Iron Crescent
- Chinese double order of dragons, 2nd class
- Order of the Siamese Crown III. class
- Japanese Order of the Rising Sun
- Order of the Crown of Romania
- Order of the Red Eagle III. class
The Georg-Baur-Ring in Essen is named after him.
literature
- Erwin Dickhoff: Essen heads. Who was what Bracht, Essen 1985, ISBN 3-87034-037-1 , p. 14.
- Robert Volz: Reich manual of the German society . The handbook of personalities in words and pictures. Volume 1: A-K. German business publisher, Berlin 1930, DNB 453960286 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Black Ring. Membership directory. Darmstadt 1930, p. 44.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Baur in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Baur, Carl Georg Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Baur, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German civil engineer and industry manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 31, 1935 |
| Place of death | eat |