Richard van der Borght

Richard van der Borght , (born January 18, 1861 in Potsdam , † April 18, 1926 in Berlin ) was a German administrative lawyer, university professor and statistician.

Life

Van der Borght first studied theology and later political science in Halle . In 1884 he became the syndic of the Chamber of Commerce in Aachen , and in 1890 in Cologne . Between 1892 and 1900 he was the first full professor for economics and jurisprudence at the Technical University of Aachen . From 1898 to 1900 van der Borght was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives , from 1901 a secret government councilor and councilor in the Reich Office of the Interior . From May 1904 to 1912 he served as the successor to Leopold Wilhelmi as President of the Imperial Statistical Office in Berlin .

Van der Borght's main areas of work were statistical studies, transport science , insurance and questions of price development.

After his death he was buried in the Wilmersdorf cemetery in Berlin.

Works

The economic importance of shipping on the Rhine . Cologne: Self-published by the Chamber of Commerce, 1892 ( University of Cologne )

literature

Kürschner's German Scholars Calendar , 1926, Col. 168f.
Friedrich-Wilhelm Henning: Richard van der Borght (1861-1926). In: Wolfhard Weber (Hrsg.) Rheinische und Westfälische Handelskammersekretär and -syndici from the 18th to the beginning of the 20th century. (= Rheinisch-Westfälische Wirtschaftsbiographien , Volume 15) Aschendorff, Münster 1994, pp. 23–42.
Friedrich Zahn: van der Borght, Richard. 1861-1926 . In: Bulletin de l'Institut International de Statistique 23.1. (1928), pp. 327-330. ( Gallica )

Individual evidence

↑ Winkler Prins' Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie . 3rd edition, Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier". Amsterdam 1906. Volume 3, p. 834
↑ Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 77 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3)

personal data
SURNAME	Borght, Richard van der
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German administrative lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	January 18, 1861
PLACE OF BIRTH	Potsdam
DATE OF DEATH	April 18, 1926
Place of death	Potsdam

[1] Winkler Prins' Geïllustreerde Encyclopaedie . 3rd edition, Uitgevers-Maatschappy "Elsevier". Amsterdam 1906. Volume 3, p. 834

[2] Bernhard Mann (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Droste, Düsseldorf 1988, ISBN 3-7700-5146-7 , p. 77 (= handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties. Volume 3)