Georg Talbot

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Georg Talbot (born February 16, 1864 in Aachen ; † August 6, 1948 there ) was a German railway engineer and entrepreneur as well as a sponsor of equestrian sports.

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Georg Talbot was the son of the head of the Talbot wagon factory , Kommerzienrat Carl Gustav Talbot (1829–1899), and his wife Clémence nee. Piedbœuf (1835–1912), daughter of the industrialist Jean Pascal Piedbœuf (1813–1879), the founder of the sheet iron rolling mill Piedboeuf, Dawans & Co. and the pipe mill JP Piedboeuf & Co. , both in Düsseldorf-Oberbilk and royal Belgian consul in Aachen. After studying engineering at the Technical University of Karlsruhe and the Technical University of Aachenand his internship in Belgium and Great Britain In 1887, Georg Talbot joined the Aachener Waggonfabrik founded by his grandfather Johann Hugo Jakob Talbot (1794–1850) and ran it in the third generation until his death. The company was then continued as managing director by his son Richard Talbot (1896–1987), who in turn passed it on to his nephew Kurt Capellmann .

In 1891 Georg Talbot received his first patent for the Talbot self-unloader . The design of this wagon made it possible, beyond all previous developments, to fully and automatically unload bulk goods (e.g. ore, coal, gravel or agricultural products such as potatoes or beets) on both sides of the rails superfluous. This type of wagon and its further developments were able to establish themselves worldwide and represented one of the economic pillars of the Talbot wagon factory for a century.

The fact that Georg Talbot was closely connected to Aachen's economy and technical university was expressed in the fact that he was President of the Aachen Chamber of Commerce and Industry from 1914 to 1924 and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the Rheinisch-Westfälische Technische Hochschule Aachen (as Dr.-Ing . E. h.) And later (1934) was awarded the title of Honorary Senator . In addition, Talbot was a member of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament in 1921 .

Outside of his professional engagement, Talbot was connected to culture and equestrian sports. Musically interested in many different things, he was not only a knowledgeable collector and player of old master violins, but also the founder of an Aachen men's choir and a small house orchestra. In addition, he belonged to the recreation society Aachen and the Club Aachener Casino . His passion for equestrian sport tied him to the Aachen-Laurensberger Rennverein at an early stage , to which he remained one of the most important sponsors until his death. At the tournaments organized by this club, he was an active and, above all, successful driver with his four-man teams. Since 1928, on his initiative, a donated Talbot Prize has been ridden as part of the versatility test.

In addition, Talbot was heavily involved in the social field and, for example, together with his siblings, managed the foundation named after their mother for sick children of poorer families from Aachen . Among other things, the new construction of a children's recreation center was financed from their foundation assets in 1916, which was then baptized as Talbotheim and later renamed Maria im Tann . In addition, in 1935, together with his son Richard, he financed a company settlement community at the foot of the Lousberg , which includes several hundred houses and which was named Talbothof .

Georg Talbot held the honorary title of Privy Councilor of Commerce .

family

Georg Talbot was married to Eugénie geb. Piedboeuf (1868–1921), daughter of the steam boiler manufacturer and Belgian consul in Aachen Eugène Piedboeuf (1837–1903) and Maria Piedboeuf born. Philips (1842–1904) from the Netherlands. With Eugénie, Georg had the son Herbert (1906–1977) and daughter Georgette (1893–1991) in addition to the aforementioned Richard. She married the publisher Paul Capellmann (1887–1947) and later became a publisher of Prestel Verlag herself . Their son Kurt Capellmann became the owner of the wagon factory after Richard Talbot and was also an important dressage rider and father of the now equally successful dressage riders Gina Capellmann-Lütkemeier and Nadine Capellmann .

As early as 1914, Georg Talbot acquired an old estate for the family west of Aachen on the road to Eupen , which he had rebuilt in the English style with numerous stables by the architect Fritz Bräuning by 1925 . Today live in this part under monument protection standing Good Grenzhof with its ideal terrain riding and driving his descendants. Georg Talbot was buried in the family crypt in the Aachen Ostfriedhof .

Honors

  • 1914: Honorary doctorate from RWTH Aachen
  • 1924: Honorary citizen of RWTH Aachen
  • 1934: Honorary Senator of the RWTH Aachen
  • Naming in his honor and memory:
    • Talbothalle as a gymnasium and assembly hall on campus (1914)
    • Talbotheim , a rest home for children in the Aachen city forest
    • Talbot foundations, foundations for needy members of the municipal orchestra (1916) and passed on for the Aachen Chamber of Commerce for charitable and social purposes (1917)
    • Talbotstrasse in Aachen (1930)
    • Talbothof , company settlement community on Jülicher Strasse, which comprises several hundred houses and which Georg Talbot financed together with his son Richard in 1935
    • Privy Councilor Talbot Memorial Prize for eventing riders at the CHIO Aachen (from 1957)

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  1. ↑ List of Members of the Rhenish Provincial Parliament 1888–1933
personal data
SURNAME Talbot, Georg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Talbot, Johann Maria Georg (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German railway engineer and entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH February 16, 1864
PLACE OF BIRTH Aachen
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1948
Place of death Aachen