Richard Carl Krogmann

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Richard C. Krogmann 1905

Richard Carl Krogmann (born April 9, 1859 in Hamburg ; † March 15, 1932 in Puerto de la Cruz , Tenerife ) was a German shipowner and association politician.

Life

The son of the businessman Hermann August Krogmann completed his apprenticeship in his father's company, Wachsmuth & Krogmann , which at the time was one of the leading overseas trading companies and shipping companies in Hamburg. After several stays abroad, he became a partner in 1885 and subsequently built up the saltpetre trade with South America and, above all, the import of rice from Burma , which he secured sales by participating in several rice mills in Germany.

In addition, Krogmann was involved in several professional organizations of the German shipping industry, especially in the field of social security for seafarers . In 1893 he was elected to the board of the See-Berufsgenossenschaft and took over its chairmanship after the death of Carl Ferdinand Laeisz in 1900. From 1907 he was also head of the Seekasse (pension insurance), from 1927 also the See-Krankenkasse . He played a decisive role in the development of the load-bearing regulations of Germanischer Lloyd in 1903 and in the establishment of the Hamburgische Schiffbau-Versuchsanstalt in 1913, whose board of directors he headed from 1921.

For his involvement in the revision of the accident prevention regulations in the nautical sector, he received an honorary doctorate from the Technical University of Charlottenburg in 1925 .

The National Socialist Hamburg Mayor Carl Vincent Krogmann was his son and the regatta sailor Werner Krogmann his nephew.

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personal data
SURNAME Krogmann, Richard Carl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krogmann, Richard C.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German businessman, shipowner and association politician
DATE OF BIRTH April 9, 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1932
Place of death Puerto de la Cruz