Otto Coninx-Girardet
Otto Coninx-Girardet (born June 16, 1871 in Friedrich-Wilhelms-Hütte , † December 1, 1956 in Zurich ; authorized to reside there) was a German - Swiss publisher .
Coninx was the son of an ironworks director . He studied mining at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena and in Berlin. In 1905 he married Berta Girardet, the daughter of Wilhelm Girardet . This brought him to Zurich in 1906 and appointed him publishing director of the newspaper Tages-Anzeiger . In 1915 his son Otto Coninx-Wettstein was born. Wilhelm Girardet died in 1918; after his death Otto Coninx-Girardet took over the company Girardet, Walz & Co. AG , which from 1933 traded as the Tages-Anzeiger für Stadt und Kanton Zürich AG . After his death, his son Otto Coninx-Wettstein succeeded him as manager.
literature
- Ueli Müller: Coninx, Otto. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Coninx-Girardet, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Coninx, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Swiss publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Friedrich Wilhelms Hut (Troisdorf) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1st December 1956 |
| Place of death | Zurich |