Max Railing

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Max Railing , from 1911 Max John Railing , (born July 28, 1868 in Munich , † January 14, 1942 in Reading , Berkshire ), was a British engineer and entrepreneur of German origin.

Life

Max Railing, eldest son of the Jewish hop trader Isidor Railing (* 1840 in Fischach ; † 1881 in Munich) and his wife Hannchen, née Bing (* 1847 in Scheinfeld ), grew up with his brother Adolph (* 1878; † 1963) in Munich . From 1878 to 1884 at the end of the first high school year he attended the Maximiliansgymnasium in Munich .

With a passport issued to Max Railing, “Commis, electrical engineer”, in Munich on August 23, 1892 for two years, he went to England. He immediately joined the company " General Electric Company Ltd." (GEC) in London , which was founded by Gustav Binswanger (Byng) and Hugo Hirsch (from 1883 Hugo Hirst) and produced porcelain insulation material, and from 1893 also incandescent lamps. Railing became an associate in 1898; In 1901 he took over the establishment and management of the company branch (GEC Engineering Works) in Witton ( Birmingham ). That year his brother Adolph Harry joined the company as an electrical engineer. Following the death of Gustav Binswanger-Byng, Max Railing returned to London in 1910 and became the company's general manager. In 1911 he received British citizenship. In 1929 he became one of the managing directors, from 1932 to 1935 Chairman of the Council of the GEC and then until his death its vice-president.

Max Railing was married to Amanda, nee Hirsch; the couple had two daughters. In 1892 the woman's sister, Leontine, married her cousin Hugo Baron Hirst. Railing was internationally recognized as a specialist in the interests of the heavy and electrical industry, as well as communication technology. He has acquired several patents and was a member of numerous professional and social associations, including the “Dynamicables lunch club for electrical engineers” and the “25 Club”. He died at the age of 73 at his Whiteknights home in Reading.

Archival material

literature

  • The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography . 2004, volume?, P.?.
  • William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein (arr.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History . Palgrave Macmillan UK 2011, p. 782 (Railing, Sir Harry).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Registration documents (PMB) Isidor Railing: Munich, City Archives
  2. ↑ the siblings Berthold (* 1870) and Emma (* 1872) died as small children
  3. ^ Matriculation and annual report on the K. Maximilians-Gymnasium in Munich for the school year 1878/79 and the following until 1883/84.
  4. ^ Daughter of Hermann Hirsch, manufacturer, and Sara, nee Dyck.
personal data
SURNAME Railing, max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Railing, Max John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British engineer and entrepreneur of German origin
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1868
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 1942
Place of death Reading , Berkshire