Otto Scharf (mining engineer)
Otto Scharf (born November 27, 1875 in Klostermansfeld , † December 6, 1942 in Halle ) was a German mining engineer , mine director and industry manager .
Life
Scharf was the son of Hermann Karl Otto Scharf and his wife, the daughter of a landowner from Klostermansfeld. The mining engineer Otto Eduard Scharf was Scharf's uncle.
Otto Scharf became chairman of the board of A. Riebeck'schen Montanwerke in 1927 and took over the management of all IG mines. On October 11, 1929 he became chairman of the administrative board of the Messel union .
In 1934 he became a board member of IG Farben .
During the time of National Socialism Otto Scharf was appointed military economic leader. This was an honorary title that was given to the heads of armaments companies as part of the awards of the NSDAP .
In 1936 Otto Scharf was accepted as a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina in the Geology and Paleontology Section .
literature
- Anonymous: Died: Mine director graduate mining engineer Dr. Ing. E. H. Otto Scharf . In: Glückauf - Berg- und Hüttenmännische Zeitschrift , 78, No. 51 of December 19, 1942, p. 412 ( PDF )
- Georg Beeger: Chronicle of the Messel Pit 1884–1964 . In: Stephan Schaal, Ulrich Schneider (Ed.): Chronicle of the Messel Pit . Gladenbach 1995. ISBN 3-88343-016-1 , pp. 3-195.
Web links
- Member entry of Otto Scharf at the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sharp, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German mining engineer, mine director and industry manager |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Klostermansfeld |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1942 |
| Place of death | Halle (Saale) |