Luigi Burgo
Luigi Burgo (born March 31, 1876 in San Saturnino , district of Moneglia , † March 8, 1964 in Turin ) was an Italian electrical engineer and entrepreneur.
Life
Burgo studied at the request of his father at the Istituto tecnico of Chiavari and went from there to Genoa to become a civil engineer. There, however, he met Tommaso Toesca, who convinced him that the small town of Verzuolo at the exit of the Varai Valley not far from Saluzzo and Cuneo needed a power supply. The first power station in the valley was built there from 1897 to 1899 and thus the first electricity supply. After this work for the Compagnia Thury, he was poached to Geneva and Zurich . From there he went again to the University of London , where he became an electrical engineer. Returning to Genoa, he founded the Società per imprese elettriche Alimonda-Burgo & C with Giuseppe Alimonda, A. Vigliano and other interested parties .
On June 21, 1905, he also founded the Cartiere di Verzuolo ing. Burgo & C. to supply the Turin newspapers, above all La Stampa and the Gazzetta del Popolo, with paper. In 1921 a cellulose factory, the Pölser Zellulose und Papierfabrik , was established in Pöls, Austria , and on September 27 the Calcinere power station in the province of Cuneo was inaugurated under the management of Idroelettrica Monviso , which was also founded . In 1930 the eight paper production sites alone employed 5,400 people. During the global economic crisis , the paper mills had to cancel their dividends. On August 9, 1939, Burgo was appointed Senator of the Kingdom at the suggestion of the Prefect of Cuneo and the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale .
In 1943 he was suspected of conspiracy with Ugo Cavallero against the fascist regime and imprisoned in Verona . But he was acquitted of German intervention because of his importance to the war. He was arrested again after the war. He was released on June 30, 1946, but not acquitted of all collaboration allegations after his property had already been confiscated. However, he was allowed to continue to use his senatorial title.
Burgos' company was headed by a trustee (fiduciario) from 1947 to 1953, and he himself became honorary president on July 22, 1953, a position he held until his death.
literature
- Valerio Castronovo: Burgo, Luigi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 15: Buffoli-Caccianemici. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1972.
Web links
- Entry in the Senatori dell'Italia fascista database of the Historical Archives of the Italian Senate
- Brief overview of the history of the Burgo Group, starting with the vita of Luigi Burgo (English, there also Italian)
Remarks
- ↑ He belonged to the category of those who had paid 3,000 lire in direct taxes for at least three years.
- ↑ Gianni Rocca: Fucilate gli ammiragli , Mondadori, 1987, p. 6, reprint Castelvecchi, 2014.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burgo, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian electrical engineer and entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 31, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Saturnino |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 8, 1964 |
| Place of death | Turin |