Otto Bally
Otto Bally (born April 14, 1839 in Säckingen ; † April 17, 1908 there ; full name: Johann Urban Otto Bally ) was a German entrepreneur and local researcher .
Life
His grandfather Peter Bally was the founder of the Bally shoe factories in Schönenwerd near Aarau . His father Jean Bally took over the (large) father's silk ribbon weaving mill in Säckingen together with his brothers Peter and Theodor in 1849 . After attending primary school, he went to a private school in Wabern near Bern, after which he and his brother attended the commercial school in Lausanne and then the Leipzig commercial academy. During stays abroad he learned Italian, French and English.
Together with his younger brother Emil and his cousin Armand, he expanded and modernized their parents' business. He was a member of associations and city politics and was appointed to the Council of Commerce by the Grand Duke of Baden . He collected coins and medals, but also antiques and art. He was friends with Hans Thoma and Viktor von Scheffel .
Fonts
- The women's monastery in Säckingen . In: Franz August Stocker (Ed.): From the Jura to the Black Forest. Volume 1, Aarau 1884, pp. 119-147 and pp 161-167. ( in the Internet Archive )
- Description of the coins and medals of the Princely House and State of Baden. HR Sauerländer & Co., Aarau 1896.
literature
- Baden Historical Commission (commission), Albert Krieger and Karl Obser (eds.): Badische Biographien , Volume VI., 1939, pp. 444–447. ( Digitized version )
- Hugo Helbing, Jacob Hirsch (ed.): Collection Kommerzienrat Otto Bally Säckingen. Coins and medals from Baden and the neighboring areas. Auctioned May 25, 1910 . ff. T. (Catalog No. 27) ( in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Bally, Otto. on leo-bw.de
- Roswitha Frey: important entrepreneurs. In: Badische Zeitung of May 31, 2014 ( online , accessed May 4, 2018)
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.ballyana.ch/fileadmin/Dokumente/Stammbaum_jean_bally.pdf ballyana PDF
- ↑ Baden Historical Commission (commission), Albert Krieger and Karl Obser (eds.): Badische Biographien , Volume VI, 1939, p. 445.
- ↑ Cover picture and description (English); accessed on May 5, 2018
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bally, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German entrepreneur and local researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 14, 1839 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Säckingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 1908 |
| Place of death | Säckingen |