Joseph Doms
Joseph Doms (born January 1, 1782 in Niederpreschkau near Tetschen in Northern Bohemia ; † August 18, 1853 in Ratibor , Upper Silesia ) was a German merchant and tobacco industrialist.
Life and work
After completing his commercial apprenticeship in Breslau, Joseph Doms took over his father-in-law's business in Ratibor in 1811 . In 1815 he started making snuff . In addition to the snuff factory, other companies for the production of chewing tobacco and tobacco products were later maintained.
His son Heinrich Doms (1830–1906) was a tobacco industrialist and head of the Joseph Doms trading company . His great-grandson Julius Doms was a business lawyer and entrepreneur.
literature
- Doms, Joseph, merchant, industrialist . In: Walther Killy (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie (DBE) . 1st edition. tape 2 : Bohacz – Ebhardt . KG Saur, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-598-23162-8 , p. 592 .
- Alfons Perlick : Doms, Joseph. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 68 f. ( Digitized version ).
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Doms, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German merchant and tobacco industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Niederpreschkau near Tetschen-Bodenbach , Northern Bohemia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 1853 |
| Place of death | Ratibor |