Rudolf Paravicini
Rudolf Paravicini (born July 28, 1815 in Basel ; † February 14, 1888 there ) was a Swiss entrepreneur and officer .
Life
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Rudolf Paravicini completed a commercial apprenticeship and joined the silk ribbon factory Dietrich Preiswerk & Co., whose owner he became in 1847. From 1845 to 1884 Paravicini was a Grand Councilor in Basel . In 1863 he was co-founder and from 1864 to 1888 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Basler Insurance .
In his military career Paravicini became an artillery officer in 1835 , in 1847 he was the battery chief of the only Basel unit in the Sonderbund War , and in 1858 he became a colonel. As Chief of Staff , he carefully managed the internment of 87,000 soldiers of the Bourbaki Army in Switzerland during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71 .
literature
- Michael Raith : Rudolf Paravicini. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . June 3, 2010 , accessed March 19, 2020 .
- Hans Adolf Vögelin: Rudolf Paravicini-Vischer, eidg. Colonel In: Basel Army Leader from the Sonderbund War to the Second World War. Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1963, pp. 34–45.
Web links
- Rudolf Paravicini on gw.geneanet.org/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Paravicini, Rudolf |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Paravicini, Johann Rudolf (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneur and officer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 28, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 14, 1888 |
| Place of death | Basel |