Fritz Mangold

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Fritz Mangold (born March 2, 1871 in Offenburg , † March 25, 1944 in Basel ) was a Swiss economic historian and politician.

Life

Fritz (baptized name: Friedrich Wilhelm) Mangold, son of a German master mechanic, grew up in Basel and from 1888 studied first humanities (sociology), then economics and statistics at the University of Basel . In 1899/1900 he received his doctorate there with a dissertation on the Basler Wednesday and Saturday newspaper for Dr. phil. 1891–1902 he worked as a teacher and principal at the Therwil district school . 1901–1910 he was the first canton statistician for the canton of Basel-Stadt . From 1910 to 1919 he was a non-party member of the Basel government council of the Department of Education. He resigned from his post in 1919 because of understanding for the Basel general strike. From 1917 he was part-time head of the Federal Welfare Office and deputy director of the Federal Office for Unemployment Welfare in Bern . 1921–1937 he headed the Swiss Economic Archives in Basel. In addition, he worked from 1921 as an associate professor and from 1928–1941 as a full professor of statistics at the University of Basel, of which he was rector from 1937–1938. When war broke out in 1939, he was appointed head of the Central Office for War Economics in Basel, which he held until his death.

In the interwar period, Fritz Mangold was one of the most influential social politicians in Switzerland, who enjoyed great popularity thanks to his radio lectures. Among other things, he dealt with the creation of new statistical indicators to defuse social tensions.

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SURNAME Mangold, Fritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mangold, Friedrich Wilhelm (baptismal name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss economic historian and politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 2, 1871
PLACE OF BIRTH Offenburg
DATE OF DEATH March 25, 1944
Place of death Basel