Otto Hübner (economist)
Otto Hübner (born July 22, 1818 in Leipzig , † February 3, 1877 in Berlin ) was a German statistician and economist.
Hübner was originally intended for the merchant class , first turned to economic studies in Paris and London, and from 1842 had been one of the most active members of the German free trade party. After a few years , he was appointed authorized representative by the steamship company of Österreichischer Lloyd , and he negotiated the transit of Anglo-East Indian overland mail and the associated traffic through Germany, for which purpose he concluded contracts with all the continental railways involved. When the movement broke out in 1848, he was elected by Austria to the Fifties Committee; negotiations about his entry into the Austrian civil service came to nothing, and at the end of 1849 he was expelled from Austria because of his German convictions. Hübner moved to Berlin and there founded the Central Statistical Archive , which received statistical reports from all the governments of the world. Of his numerous other statistical works, his work Die Banken deserves special mention. The best known is Huebner's Statistical Table of All Countries , which appeared annually from 1851 onwards. In 1862 he founded the first mortgage bank in Prussia under the company Preussische Hypothekenversicherungs-Gesellschaft, which he headed until his death.
Publications
- Otto Huebner: Geographical-statistical tables of all countries in the world. 1st edition, Leipzig 1851 (published as Hübner's geographic-statistical tables of all countries in the world 1884–1910 by Franz von Juraschek , then by Eugen Würzburger, Walter Graevell and Ernst Roesner).
- Otto Hübner: The banks. 2 volumes, Leipzig 1853–1854.
literature
- Karl Theodor von Inama-Sternegg : Hübner, Otto . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1881, p. 271 f.
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Huebner, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German statistician and economist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 22, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1877 |
| Place of death | Berlin |