Georg Theodor Siemssen
Georg Theodor Siemssen (born March 15, 1816 in Hamburg ; † November 24, 1886 there ) was a German businessman .
Life
From 1836 to 1858, Siemssen initially stayed in Batavia and later in China . There he founded the company Siemssen & Co, which rose to become one of the largest trading houses in East Asia . He was appointed consul of Hamburg in China in 1852 and indicated his appointment by handing over a letter to the Chinese governor general in Canton . In 1855 he was appointed consul of Bremen and in 1856 consul of Lübeck and Mecklenburg-Schwerin . In 1858 he returned to Hamburg.
Siemssen often took on voluntary work in Hamburg. He was a commercial judge from 1862 to 1864 , provisional assistant to the orphanage from 1862 to 1865 , judge in 1866 and a member of the finance deputation from 1866 to 1873. In addition, Siemssen was involved in the St. Nikolaikirche . There he was a local councilor from 1871 to 1882, headmaster from 1883 to 1886 and a member of the patronage of the free school. From 1871 to 1884 he was part of the administration of the General Pension Fund and in 1877 was its President .
Siemssen was a member of the Hamburg parliament from 1862 to 1873 .
literature
- Wilhelm Heyden: The members of the Hamburg citizenship 1859–1862 . Festschrift for December 6, 1909. Herold in Komm., Hamburg 1909, p. 189-190 .
- Maria Möring: Siemssen & Co. 1846 - 1971 (= publications of the Wirtschaftsgeschichtliche Forschungsstelle e.V. Hamburg, vol. 33), Hamburg 1971.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bernd Eberstein: Merchants, Consuls, Captains: Early German Economic Interests in China. In: Tsingtao - A Chapter of German Colonial History in China 1897 - 1914. German Historical Museum, accessed on April 30, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Siemssen, Georg Theodor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German businessman |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 15, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1886 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |