George Alexander Albrecht (businessman)
George Alexander Albrecht (born August 2, 1834 in Hanover , † November 24, 1898 in Bremen ) was a German businessman.
Life
Albrecht, from the Hanoverian Albrecht family, completed a commercial apprenticeship at the trading company Johann Lange Sohn's Wwe. & Co. , of which he later became a partner and remained until his death. He also sat on the board of other companies. He was also the Austro-Hungarian consul .
In 1864 he married Louise Dorothea Betty Knoop (1844–1889), daughter of the industrialist Baron Ludwig Knoop . One of his sons was the businessman Carl Albrecht .
In addition to his commercial activity, he was a supporter of geographical science. He was co-founder and president of the Geographical Society in Bremen. In 1869 he took over the accounting and cash management in the executive committee of the Second German North Polar Expedition . He financed various research trips, including those of the brothers Aurel and Arthur Krause to the coastal countries of the Bering Sea (1881/1882).
Honors
A street in Bremen- Blumenthal is named after him. Carl Koldewey named it Albrecht Bai in honor of a bay in East Greenland .
Web links
- Biography in the German gender book; the year of death is a misprint which the German necrology of 1900 also suggests
- Reference German Nekrolog 1900
Individual evidence
- ↑ Albrecht, Georg Alexander. In: German Biographical Encyclopedia . 2011, KG Saur. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ↑ Østgrønlandske Stednavne - Fra den første kortlægning (PDF; 9.54 MB) on the website of the Danish Arctic Institute (Danish)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Albrecht, George Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant, Austro-Hungarian consul |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 2, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hanover |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 1898 |
| Place of death | Bremen |