Eduard Pickford

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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

  1. ^ Gerhard Eisfeld: The emergence of the liberal parties in Germany , Verlag für Literatur und Zeitgeschehen, Hanover 1969, page 20
personal data
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