Ludwig Brevillier
Ludwig Brevillier (born November 15, 1800 in Vienna , † February 12, 1855 in Vienna) was an Austrian industrialist.
Life
Ludwig Brevillier was the son of Alexander Brevillier (1759-1808) and Henriette-Charlotte Brevillier, née Freiin von Ferber (1768-1845). The parents came from a Huguenot family and had moved from Frankfurt am Main to Vienna in the 1780s , where the father worked as a partner in Moritz Reichsgraf von Fries . Henriette-Charlotte Brevillier had a friendship with Johann Wolfgang von Goethe in her youth . The family lived in the Palais Fries, now known as Palais Pallavicini . Ludwig had four siblings, the older brother Karl Wilhelm (1793–1840), the sisters Maria Anna (1792–1828) and Henriette (1791–1833), as well as the sister Louise-Victoire (1789–1846), the one right in Vienna was a well-known pianist .
Ludwig Brevillier worked in Manchester from 1819 to 1830 before joining the company of his older brother Karl Wilhelm, Brevillier & Comp. entered as a partner. In 1823, Karl Wilhelm founded the kk wood and metal screw factory in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria, the first company of this type in the monarchy . They also owned a cotton spinning mill in Schwadorf and a mechanical weaving mill in Margarethen am Moos . Karl Wilhelm Brevillier was married to Henriette Brevillier (1801–1843), a then well-known painter of miniature portraits and a student of Moritz Daffinger . Henriette Brevillier was a daughter of the banker Joseph von Henikstein .
After the death of his brother, Ludwig took over the company completely and expanded it considerably. The production area was also expanded to include barrel and sheet metal rivets and various gear wheels . From 1829 he was also allowed to manufacture iron castings and from 1845 wires. After Ludwig's death, who was single and had no children, his nephew Heinrich Trenck von Tonder (1812–1887) - son of Louise-Victoire from her marriage to the entrepreneur Moritz Trenck von Tonder (1786–1855) - became a universal heir and company manager . Ludwig Brevillier is buried at the Sankt Marxer Friedhof , on the tombstone the date of birth is November 9th, 1800.
Ludwig Brevillier received awards for his products at numerous trade exhibitions.
literature
- Ludwig Brevillier. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 1, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1957, p. 114.
- Franz Mathis: Big Business in Austria. Austrian large companies in brief presentations . Munich 1987. Chapter on Brevillier-Urban from page 69
Web links
- Entry on Ludwig Brevillier in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Individual evidence
- ^ New Yearbook, Volume 17 (1907), page 40f, Heraldisch-Genealogische Gesellschaft "Adler" , Vienna 1907, [1]
- ^ Report on the third general Austrian trade exhibition in Vienna 1845, Vienna 1846, pages 209 and 370, [2]
- ^ Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian Portrait Miniature from the Beginnings to the Present , Volume 1. Vienna 1982
- ^ Morgenblatt für educated readers , No. 52, December 23, 1864, p. 1233 Letters from Zedlitz to a friend (continued)
- ↑ Graves list, Friedhof St. Marx, Brevillier Ludwig, von
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brevillier, Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1800 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 12, 1855 |
| Place of death | Vienna |