Josef von Rosthorn
Josef Edler von Rosthorn (born April 29, 1816 in Vienna , † September 1, 1886 on the Koralpe in Carinthia) was an Austrian industrialist.
Live and act
Josef von Rosthorn, a grandson of Mätthaus von Rosthorn (Rowsthorne), who immigrated from England, graduated from the University of Vienna in the philosophical classes from 1831 to 1834. From 1836 to 1838 he studied at the Technical Institute Joanneum in Graz, where he was primarily interested in chemistry under Anton Schrötter von Kristelli . He spent the following years up to 1840 in England, where he studied metallurgy. In 1841 he worked in the zinc works in Prävali . In 1842 he leased an ironworks in Dözna in what was then Arad County .
From 1855 to 1861 he was in charge of the iron works in Oed im Piestingtal, which his grandfather had founded and expanded them with a rolling mill , a waterworks and wire trains . Co -owner was his brother Gustav von Rosthorn (1815–1896), a member of the Reichsrat and co-founder of the Austrian Federation of Industrialists. He was friends with Karl and Paul Kupelwieser .
From 1861 he devoted himself to the development of gun barrels and was able to achieve a significantly higher quality by improving the manufacturing process. He was commissioned by the then Austro-Hungarian War Minister for a study trip to England for several months to the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich .
In the later years he occupied himself with various projects. Examples were a more efficient extraction of peat in Buchscheiden near Feldkirchen , an earthwax extraction in Galicia or the Bessemerhütten . He was also active in mining matters on the construction of the Vienna Stadtbahn and the Wiental water pipeline . He was also called in as a consultant for assessing mining realities.
From 1856 he was also a trade inspector for the Crown Lands of Carinthia, Tyrol and Vorarlberg.
Josef Rosthorn was the father of the gynecologist Alfons , the sinologist and diplomat Arthur and the philanthropist Helene (married Lechers) .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rosthorn, Joseph von . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1874, p. 88 ( digitized version ).
- FH Ucik: Rosthorn, Josef von. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 271.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Allan S. Janik and Hans Veigl : Wittgenstein House page 33f. (English), 1998 ISBN 3-211-83077-4
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosthorn, Josef von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 29, 1816 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1886 |
| Place of death | Koralpe , Carinthia |