Johann Christoph Friedrich Neßmann

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Johann Christoph Friedrich Neßmann , also Nessmann (born January 22, 1817 in Hamburg ; † March 9, 1884 ibid) was a German goldsmith and statistician .

Life

Neßmann was the owner of a gold and silver goods store in Hamburg. He became a citizen of Hamburg on June 15, 1842 and had been the magistrate since October 29, 1842.

He dealt with economics and statistics. In 1866 Neßmann was entrusted with the organization and management of the newly created Bureau for Tax Statistics , which later became the Hamburg State Statistical Office . After the transformation into the Statistical Bureau , Neßmann became its director in 1872. He held this office until the end of September 1883. Neßmann published several papers on the subject of statistics. For example, the first twelve issues of Statistics des Hamburgisches Staats came mainly from his pen.

Neßmann belonged to the Hamburg Constituent Assembly . From 1859 to 1862 and from 1864 to 1866 he was a member of the Hamburg Parliament . From 1860 to 1862 he sat in the citizens' committee , as its representative he was a member of the central election commission for general elections to the citizenship. In addition, he was a tax appraiser from 1861 to 1863 and a member of the tax deputation from 1864 to 1866.

Shortly after he retired in October 1883, Neßmann died in March 1884 of the consequences of chronic rheumatoid arthritis.

Fonts

  • On the revision of the German trade regulations - remarks on the questions of the commercial inquiry ordered by the Federal Council . Meißner, Hamburg 1875, OCLC 252644169 .
  • Migration statistics - memorandum for the preparation of international comparative statistics . Kümpel, Hamburg 1876, OCLC 248450789 .
  • Some practical observations on the statistics of big cities . Kümpel, Hamburg 1879, OCLC 248450465 .
  • A contribution to the statistics of wages and prices . Vogt, Hamburg, OCLC 248450340 (after 1880).
  • The direct taxes . OCLC 248450649 .

literature

  • Wilhelm Heyden: The members of the Hamburg citizenship 1859–1862 . Festschrift for December 6, 1909. Herold in Komm., Hamburg 1909, p. 90-91 .
  • Statistisches Landesamt Hamburg (Ed.): Hamburg in figures - 1866–1966 - 100 years of the Statistisches Amt Hamburg . Cape. II. The beginning, p. 18-27 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wolfgang Scheffler : Goldsmiths of Lower Saxony - data works characters . De Gruyter, Berlin 1965, p. 661 .
personal data
SURNAME Neßmann, Johann Christoph Friedrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nessmann, Johann Christoph Friedrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German goldsmith and statistician
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1817
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 9, 1884
Place of death Hamburg