Eduard Pickford
Eduard Middleton Pickford (born November 12, 1823 in Heidelberg , † March 18, 1866 in Karlsruhe ) was a German economist and politician . He was a member of the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly (1863–1866).
Life
The son of a from Manchester originating factory he made after attending the school in Hanau and trade school in Leipzig one training to merchant in Lyon . After graduating from high school in Heidelberg in 1844, he studied camera studies in Heidelberg until 1846 , where he became a member of the Teutonia Heidelberg fraternity in 1845 . In 1847 he was promoted to Dr. phil. doctorate and habilitation in 1849. From 1850 to 1860 he was a private lecturer in political science at the University of Heidelberg . At the first congress of German economists in 1858 he was elected to the "permanent deputation" of the congress. In 1863 he was a co-founder of the Heidelberg workers' education association . In the same year, as in 1865, he was elected to the Second Chamber of the Baden Estates Assembly as a member of the City of Heidelberg. He was one of the leaders of the Baden People's Party . In 1857 and 1858 he was co-editor of the economic magazine Germania and from 1858 of the national economic monthly . In 1860 he founded the People's Newspaper for Southern Germany . In 1863 he moved to Konstanz , where he became editor of the Konstanzer Zeitung .
Publications (selection)
- Illumination of the representatives of the German craftsmen in Frankfurt a. M. ... adopted draft of a general craftsmen and trade regulations for Germany. Heidelberg 1849.
- Volkswirthschaftliche monthly. Erlangen 1858-1859. (as editor)
- Introduction to the science of political economy. Frankfurt am Main 1860.
- About freedom. Frankfurt am Main 1860. (Together with John Stuart Mill )
literature
- Friedrich von Weech (ed.): Badische biographies . Volume 2 (1875), pp. 136-138. On-line
- Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Volume 8: Supplement L – Z. Winter, Heidelberg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8253-6051-1 , pp. 144-145.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gerhard Eisfeld: The emergence of the liberal parties in Germany , Verlag für Literatur und Zeitgeschehen, Hanover 1969, page 20
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SURNAME | Pickford, Edward |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Pickford, Eduard Middleton (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German economist and politician |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1823 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Heidelberg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1866 |
Place of death | Karlsruhe |