Ernst Gossler (banker)
Ernst Gossler (born June 10, 1838 in Hamburg ; † July 5, 1893 there ) was a Hamburg banker and member of parliament.
Life
Gossler, son of Ernst Gossler and nephew of Wilhelm Gossler and Hermann Gossler , worked for various companies in England , Portugal and North America from 1859 to 1863 after an apprenticeship in Hamburg , before becoming an authorized signatory at Joh.Berenberg, Gossler & Co in 1863 . was. On January 1, 1873, he became a partner, after the death of Johann Heinrich Gossler (1805–1879) he ran the company together with John Berenberg-Gossler . In addition, from 1868 he was sole authorized signatory of the company Wm Gossler .
From 1873 on, Gossler belonged to the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce , which he headed as President from January 1879. In May 1879, however, he had to resign because he had publicly advocated the customs connection between Hamburg and the German Empire, a position that was very controversial in the Chamber of Commerce at the time. He also stepped out of the chamber. Gossler was a member of the Hamburg citizenship from 1877 to 1879 as a delegated member of the Chamber of Commerce .
Gossler was involved in financing Eduard Dallmann's 1873/74 Antarctic expedition . Dallmann explored the waters off the Antarctic Peninsula on behalf of the Deutsche Polar-Schifffahrtsgesellschaft . In the aftermath of the expedition, his shipping company named one of the islands he discovered Gossler Island .
family
His sister Antonie Mathilde Goßler (1848–1920) was married to Franz Andreas Meyer .
literature
- Hamburg Chamber of Commerce: Representatives of the Hamburg economy: 1850–1950 , p. 86, Hamburg 1984
Individual evidence
- ↑ see German Gender Book , Volume 19, 1911, p. 38
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gossler, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hamburg banker and member of parliament |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1838 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1893 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |