Georges Gredt

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Georges Gredt (born December 8, 1897 in Differdange , † November 19, 1970 in Luxembourg ) was a Luxembourg engineer.

Career

Gredt was born as the older of two children of the engineer Paul Gredt (1867–1934) in Differdange. His father was the smelter there (at that time the steelworks did not yet exist).

After his engineering studies at the Technical University of Aachen , he earned his doctorate in August 1923 at the ETH Zurich Dr. engineering and then initially worked for the steel company Röchling Völklingen . He later went to Paris and became a consultant in the Bureau de Vente des Aciers de la Sarre . Eventually he took over his father's business.

After the Second World War he was for a time director of the Luxembourg War Damage and Reconstruction Office .

Like his father (and later one of his sons) he was Consul General of Sweden in Luxembourg. In addition, he was temporarily President of the Touring Club. In 1931 he married Marie ("May") Kauffman (* 1908), the daughter of the former State Minister and Prime Minister Léon Kauffman , with whom he had four sons, one of whom died early.

Georges Gredt was a nephew of the well-known Benedictine priest and philosopher Joseph Gredt .

Honors

  • 1960: Great Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

literature

  • Jules Mersch : Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg depuis ses origines jusqu'à nos jours , Volume 10, 1971
  • Edouard M. Kayser : Les Gredt de Luxembourg au XIXe siècle et au début du XXe, une famille en phase avec les évolutions de son temps ; in: Biography, itinerari, migrazioni - Scambi industriali italo-lussemburghesi nelle attività minerarie e siderurgiche in Piemonte e Val d'Aosta tra XIX e XX secolo / Biographies, itinéraires, migrations - Échanges industriels italo-luxembourgeois dans les activités minières et Piémontériques et dans la Vallée d'Aoste entre XIXe et XXe siècle (Atti della Giornata internazionale di studio; Lussemburgo, 3 December 2011 / Actes de la Journée internationale d'études; Luxembourg, 3 December 2011) ; edited by Maria Luisa Caldognetto and Bianca Gera ; Torino / Turin (Centro Studi Piemontesi), [Dec.] 2013; Ss. 95–108 (4 photos, bibliography). ISBN 978-88-8262-207-7
personal data
SURNAME Gredt, Georges
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Luxembourg engineer
DATE OF BIRTH December 8, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Differdange
DATE OF DEATH November 19, 1970
Place of death Luxembourg