Matthäus von Rosthorn the Elder
Matthäus Rosthorn , since 1790 Edler von Rosthorn (* 1721 in Preston , Lancashire, England; † January 3, 1805 in Vienna ; also called the elder to distinguish it from his son and in England Matthew Rosthorn or Rowsthorne or Rawthorne ) was an English engineer who became the progenitor of the Austrian Rosthorn dynasty .
Life
The engineer Matthew Rosthorn, already known in Lancashire, moved to Austria in 1765 at the invitation of Empress Maria Theresa . He set up the first production facility for metal buttons in Vienna-Landstrasse , thus laying the foundation for a branched industrial empire. In 1792 a rolling mill for preproduction was built in Fahrafeld in Triestingtal .
Rosthorn was married three times (his first two wives died prematurely). His six sons in total were all successfully involved and involved in the various family businesses.
In 1790, Emperor Joseph II raised Matthäus Rosthorn to the hereditary nobility, which from then on could call himself Matthäus Edler von Rosthorn . He was the father of August von Rosthorn .
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Rosthorn, Matthäus von (In the article of his son) . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 27th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1874, pp. 85–87 ( digitized version ).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Family tree , accessed January 17, 2010.
- ↑ V. Valencic: Rosthorn August of. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 9, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-7001-1483-4 , p. 270.
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| SURNAME | Rosthorn, Matthäus the Elder of |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosthorn, Mattew |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Anglo-Austrian industrialist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1721 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Preston |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 3, 1805 |
| Place of death | Vienna |