Carl Illies senior
Carl Illies (born December 6, 1840 in Waren (Müritz) ; † February 1, 1910 in Hamburg ) was a German wholesale merchant and ran the trading company C. Illies & Co in Japan from 1880 until his death . Illies, son of the bell founder Johann Carl Ludwig Illies , was one of the most important merchants in German-Japanese trade and was one of the first German trade pioneers in Japan.
After training as a businessman and working in Hamburg and England, Illies became an employee of the first German company in Japan, Louis Kniffler & Co. in Yokohama, in 1866 . In 1880 Illies took over the company and continued to run it under his own name. In 1890 Illies returned to Germany and in 1898 chose Hamburg as the company's headquarters. The company continued to play an important role in trade with Japan.
The East Asian Association was founded on the initiative of Illies in 1900. In addition, Illies was the first chairman of the association from 1900 to 1904.
The painter Otto Illies was his son, the painter Arthur Illies his nephew and the businessman Carl Heinz Illies his great-grandson.
literature
- Ernst Hieke: Illies, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 10, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1974, ISBN 3-428-00191-5 , p. 136 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Illies, Carl . In: German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE). 2nd edition. Volume 5, KG Saur, Munich 2006, p. 237 ( excerpt ).
- Johannes Bähr , Jörg Lesczenski , Katja Schmidtpott : Trade is change. 150 years of C. Illies & Co. Piper, Munich 2009.
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| SURNAME | Illies, Carl senior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Illies, Carl |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German wholesale merchant |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 6, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Goods (Müritz) |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 1, 1910 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |