Gottlieb Bachmann
Gottlieb Bachmann (born July 20, 1874 in Winterthur ; † December 11, 1947 there ) was a Swiss economist and politician .
life and work
After attending grammar school in Winterthur, Gottlieb Bachmann studied law and political science at the universities of Zurich , Strasbourg , Berlin , and Leipzig and received his doctorate from the University of Zurich in 1898 on the basis of Georg Cohn 's dissertation, The Special Rights of Shareholders .
1906 Bachmann, who since 1904 legal and commercial subjects at the cantonal business school taught in Zurich, was appointed to the University of Zurich, where he was first as an associate professor and since 1910 full professor the commercial science represented an art for the university as the first in the German speaking 1903 had created a chair. As the publication organ for the research results of the young discipline, Bachmann justified the communications from the commercial science seminar at the University of Zurich . The creation of an “Archive for Trade and Industry in Switzerland” (later “Central Office for Business Documentation Zurich”) also goes back to his initiative in 1910.
In 1918 Gottlieb Bachmann joined the Swiss National Bank, where he initially worked as a member and from 1925 as President of the Board of Directors, and finally from 1939 to 1947 as President of the Bank Council . As an honorary professor , he also remained a member of the law and political science faculties and gave lectures and exercises on banking policy. From 1939 to 1943, Gottlieb Bachman also sat for the Free Democratic Party in the National Council .
Bachmann was married to Ida Herold since 1907. He is the father of the former Winterthur city councilor Hans Bachmann .
Awards
- 1932: Honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne
- 1934: Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva
literature
- Richard Büchner : Nekrolog . In: Annual report of the University of Zurich . tape 1947/48 . University of Zurich, Zurich 1948, p. 74–76 ( archiv.uzh.ch [PDF]).
Web links
- Ulrich Stauffacher: Bachmann, Gottlieb. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Gottlieb Bachmann in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Entry on Gottlieb Bachmann in Kalliope
Individual evidence
- ↑ Holdings: Central Office for Economic Documentation (ZWD). Archives for contemporary history . 1725-2005. Signature: IB ZWD archive. link
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bachmann, Gottlieb |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss economist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 20, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Winterthur |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 1947 |
| Place of death | Winterthur |