Isidore Cassirer

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Isidor Cassirer (born on March 25, 1851 in Nieder Heiduk near Bismarckhütte , district of Beuthen ; died on April 4, 1924 in Berlin ) was a German industrialist who, together with his brothers, was active as a timber merchant in Breslau and Berlin.

Life

Isidor Cassirer was the seventh of ten children of Marcus Cassirer (1809–1879) and his wife Jeannette, née Steinitz (1813–1889). He was born in Nieder Heiduk in 1851. He married Else, née Sommerguth (1857–1891), and had three children with her: the art dealer Erich (1881–1963), Charlotte (Betty; 1886–1972) and the paper manufacturer and newspaper founder Friedrich Wilhelm (Fritz; 1886–1979 ). After his wife's death in 1894, he married Lydia, née Kopelansky (1865–1933), and had a son with her, the insurance salesman Rudolf Walter (1895–1955).

Isidor Cassirer went to Görlitz with his brother Julius Cassirer , where they jointly managed the Cassirer and Sons company until the 1870s . At the beginning of the 1880s, Louis and Julius Cassirer moved to Berlin, where they became timber dealers and suppliers and built up the Cassirer Brothers building and natural timber business . Gradually, Isidor and his brothers Eduard and Salo as well as Max came to Berlin and settled in Charlottenburg. Together they founded the Włocławeker Sulphite Cellulose Factory J. & M. Cassirer in Włocławek , Poland, in 1899 , which was managed by Max Cassirer. Like Louis Cassirer, Isidor also became a partner in the cable works founded by Julius Cassirer together with his nephews Alfred and Hugo in 1896. Cassirer and Co.

Like his brothers and then above all his nephews Paul Cassirer and Bruno Cassirer as well as his son Erich, Isidor also collected works of art; in 1917 his brother Max took over the administration of his art collection.

literature

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Marriage register StA Berlin III, No. 322/1894
  2. ^ A b Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; Pp. 445-447. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
  3. ^ A b Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 19. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
  4. ^ Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 18. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
  5. ^ Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 26. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
  6. ^ Sigrid Bauschinger: The Cassirers. Entrepreneurs, art dealers, philosophers. CHBeck, Munich 2015; P. 34. ISBN 978-3-406-67714-4 .
personal data
SURNAME Cassirer, Isidore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German industrialist
DATE OF BIRTH March 25, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Lower Heiduk near Bismarckhütte , district of Beuthen
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 1924
Place of death Berlin