Erich Schott
Erich Schott (born March 29, 1891 in Jena ; † July 24, 1989 in Mainz ) was a German entrepreneur who is considered the founder of the Schott glass works in Mainz .
Life
After studying and doing his doctorate, he joined the management of the Jena glassworks Schott & Gen. founded by his father Friedrich Otto Schott in 1927 . a. He entrusted the Bauhaus artists Wilhelm Wagenfeld and László Moholy-Nagy with the design and marketing of new glass products ( Jenaer Glas ) .
Erich Schott was head of the glass industry business group from 1941 to 1943, thereafter Thuringia regional representative for the glass industry business group until 1945 and head of the special ring for optical glass from 1944 to 1945. During the Second World War, forced laborers were also used in the Jena glassworks.
In 1945 he was one of the "41 glassmakers" who were deported to the American occupation zone. When the owners of the Jena glassworks were expropriated in the Soviet Zone , Erich Schott had a modern glassworks built in Mainz Neustadt in coordination with the Mainz city council , which was officially put into operation on May 10, 1952.
In 1961 he was awarded the DECHEMA medal for his services .
Portrait
- Lithograph by Charles Crodel
literature
- Jürgen Steiner: Schott, Erich. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 23, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-428-11204-3 , p. 489 ( digitized version ).
- Erich Schott , in: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 39/1989 of September 18, 1989, in the Munzinger Archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
- Walther Killy, Rudolf Vierhaus (ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia . Volume 9. Saur, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-598-23163-6 , p. 120.
- E. Schuster: On the death of Professor Dr. Erich Schott. In: Physical sheets . Vol. 45, No. 11, 1989, p. 453, ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Schott in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jürgen Steiner: The history of Schott glass (1884-2000) . ( PDF ), p. 30, accessed on April 21, 2010.
- ^ Marga Faulstich - the glassmaker , with details on the new beginning of the Thuringian glassworks in Mainz. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ Cornelius Steckner: Charles Crodel. The graphic work . Ketterer, Munich 1985, No. 88.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schott, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German glass entrepreneur and factory owner |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 29, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Jena |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 24, 1989 |
| Place of death | Mainz |