Theodor Ferdinand Ulrich

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Theodor Ferdinand Ulrich (born October 9, 1825 in Arnsberg ; † August 8, 1896 in Clausthal ) was a German metallurgical expert and a politician of the Center Party .

Life

After graduating from high school, Ulrich attended the university and trade academy in Berlin . After completing his one-year voluntary military service with the Guard Artillery in Berlin, he initially worked for four years as a simple worker in steelworks in order to get to know the practical work of his subject. He then worked as an engineer for several years in various private steelworks in Silesia, Saxony, Westphalia and elsewhere. A study trip of three months took him to the industrial areas of Belgium and England .

He later joined the state iron and steel industry. After passing the necessary exams, he initially worked as a mining officer in Dortmund . He later became head of the ironworks department. At first he worked as an unskilled worker in the Prussian Ministry of Commerce, but then switched to the Oberbergamt in Breslau as an assessor . Later he was director of the then state-owned steelworks Königshütte in Upper Silesia . He then worked at the Oberbergamt as Oberbergrat in Clausthal.

At times he was also a lecturer in iron and steel engineering at the Bergakademie Berlin . He also made several study trips on behalf of the government of Belgium, France and England. In addition, Ulrich was editor of the Ministry of Commerce's journal for mining, smelting and saltworks in the Prussian state for over three years . From 1856, with short interruptions, he was also the editor of the scientific part of the mountain and hut calendar . He also emerged as the author of various scientific journal articles.

Ulrich was a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1870 to 1874 . He belonged to the Center Party and represented the constituency of Düsseldorf 9 ( Geldern - Kempen ). He was a member of the Reichstag from 1871 to 1877 for the Cleve -Geldern constituency .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Mann, Bernhard (edit.): Biographical manual for the Prussian House of Representatives. 1867-1918 . Collaboration with Martin Doerry , Cornelia Rauh and Thomas Kühne . Düsseldorf: Droste Verlag, 1988, p. 393 (handbooks on the history of parliamentarism and political parties: vol. 3)
  2. ^ Fritz Specht / Paul Schwabe: The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1903. Statistics of the Reichstag elections together with the programs of the parties and a list of the elected representatives. 2nd edition Berlin: Verlag Carl Heymann, 1904, p. 169; see. also A. Phillips (Hrsg.): The Reichstag elections from 1867 to 1883. Statistics of the elections for the constituent and North German Reichstag, for the customs parliament, as well as for the first five legislative periods of the German Reichstag . Berlin: Verlag Louis Gerschel, 1883, p. 105; see. also: Hirth, Georg (ed.): German Parliament Almanach . 9th edition of May 9, 1871. Berlin: Verlag Franz Duncker, 1868, pp. 271f

literature

  • Georg Hirth (Ed.): German Parliament Almanac. 10th edition, February 1874. Leipzig, 1874 p. 272 digitized

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personal data
SURNAME Ulrich, Theodor Ferdinand
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German metallurgical man and politician (center), MdR
DATE OF BIRTH October 9, 1825
PLACE OF BIRTH Arnsberg
DATE OF DEATH August 8, 1896
Place of death Clausthal