David Filby

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David Filby (born April 14, 1810 in Husum , † February 17, 1879 in Hamburg ) was a German optician, mechanic and politician .

Life

"David Felby called Filby" and "Elisabeth Charlotte Maria Filby born. Möller ”, donor's collective grave ,
Ohlsdorf cemetery

Filby came to Hamburg in 1820, he did an apprenticeship in the workshop of Heinrich Johann Kosbü from 1830. From 1837, after his apprenticeship, he began as a Bönhase to secretly manufacture and sell his own sextants . After receiving his citizenship in 1840, he founded a shop for nautical instruments and maps, in which instruments were also repaired by him. In 1862 the company was taken over by Carl Christian Plath from Hamburg .

Filby belonged to the Hamburg citizenship from 1859 to 1879 .

Foundations were established from Filby's estate. The Filby Foundation supported seafarers from Hamburg who became needy or their widows. The Filby Prämien Foundation awarded prizes for the best of the year in individual classes at the Hamburg Seafaring School.

David Filby was married to Elisabeth Charlotte Maria, nee Möller.

In the Ohlsdorf cemetery , donors of the Althamburg Memorial Cemetery are reminded of David Filby and his wife on the collective grave plate.

literature

  • Directory of members of the Hamburg Parliament from 1859 to 1959 - short biographies. Compiled and edited by Franz Th. Mönckeberg. Hardcover typewriter manuscript, No. 435
  • Wilhelm Heyden: The members of the Hamburg citizenship 1859 - 1862 . Festschrift for December 6, 1909. Herold in Komm., Hamburg 1909, p. 35 f . ( online ).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ After: F. Jerchow , Vom Sextanten zur Satellitennavigation - 150 Years of C. Plath, Hamburg 1987, quoted from Friedensblitz , accessed on October 27, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Filby, David
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German optician, mechanic and politician, MdHB
DATE OF BIRTH April 14, 1810
PLACE OF BIRTH Husum
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1879
Place of death Hamburg