Otto Ludwig Froriep

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Otto Ludwig Froriep (born September 7, 1835 in Berlin ; † 1883 ) was a German entrepreneur in the mechanical engineering industry .

Life

Otto Froriep came from a Protestant medical family. He was the firstborn son of the anatomist Robert Froriep (1804–1861) and brother of the anatomist August Froriep (1849–1917). Otto, who grew up in Berlin, moved to Weimar with his parents and siblings in 1846 . His father took over the management of the Landes-Industrie-Comptoir and the Geographical Institute in Weimar in 1846. From 1851 to 1854 Otto attended the royal trade school in Chemnitz . After completing his engineering training, Froriep headed the German machine tool factory in Chemnitz . In 1867 Froriep moved his residence to Rheydt . With Karl Klingelhöffer he founded his first mechanical engineering company in 1867. After Karl Klingelhöffer left as a partner in 1876, Otto Froriep continued the company under the Otto Froriep company . After the founder's early death, his son Paul Froriep (1863–1910) took over the management of the family business. In the 1960s, the Froriep family sold what was now the company Maschinenfabrik Froriep GmbH to an investment company.

Otto Froriep was born with Melitta Franziska. Thierfelder married, both had 13 children.

Fonts

  • On the history of the mechanical engineering industry and the machine tariffs in the German Zollverein. W. Kohlhammer, 1918.

literature

  • 100 years of Froriep 1867–1967. Rheydt 1967
  • Wiebke von Häfen: Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779-1847). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-03606-5 .
  • Katharina Middle: Then it'll be another bogeyman for Otto. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-937209-62-3 .
  • Walter Steiner, Uta Kühne-Stillmark: Friedrich Justin Bertuch. A life in classic Weimar between culture and commerce. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne et al. 2001.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Katharina Middle: Then it will be another bogeyman for Otto. Leipziger Universitätsverlag, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-937209-62-3 , p. 12.
  2. ^ Walter Steiner, Uta Kühne-Stillmark: Friedrich Justin Bertuch. A life in classic Weimar between culture and commerce. Böhlau Verlag, Cologne et al. 2001, p. 233.
  3. ^ Walter Steiner, Uta Kühne-Stillmark: Friedrich Justin Bertuch: a life in classic Weimar between culture and commerce. Böhlau Verlag, 2001 p. 223
  4. ^ Wiebke von Häfen: Ludwig Friedrich von Froriep (1779-1847). Böhlau Verlag, Cologne et al. 2007, ISBN 978-3-412-03606-5 . P. 313.
personal data
SURNAME Froriep, Otto Ludwig
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Froriep, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German mechanical engineering entrepreneur
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 1883