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August Ritter Von Clemm
August Ritter von Clemm (8 December 1837 in Gießen – 28 October 1910 in Haardt) was a German businessman and politician. Life and entrepreneurial career After studying chemistry, Clemm relocated to Mannheim in 1862 to work for the ''Sonntag, Engelhorn & Clemm'' aniline fabrication company which had been founded by his brother Carl Clemm and Friedrich Engelhorn. In 1865, he founded BASF with his brother, Engelhorn, Seligmann Ladenburg, Friedrich Reiß and others and took over the management of aniline production in Ludwigshafen. When he became the representative of Engelhorn 1869, he left in 1882, BASF in a dispute with his brother. After the departure of Carl Clemm in 1885, Clemm went back to the supervisory board, which he headed from 1897 to 1903. From 1872 to 1898, Clemm was President of the Palatine Trade and Commerce Bank (german: link=no, Pfälzischen Handels- und Gewerbebank) and in 1886 he co-founded the Palatine Mortgage Bank (german: link=no, Pfälzischen Hypotheken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1865 Mitbegruender August Clemm
Events January–March * January 4 – The New York Stock Exchange opens its first permanent headquarters at Broad Street (Manhattan), 10-12 Broad near Wall Street, in New York City. * January 13 – American Civil War : Second Battle of Fort Fisher: United States forces launch a major amphibious assault against the last seaport held by the Confederate States of America, Confederates, Fort Fisher, North Carolina. * January 15 – American Civil War: United States forces capture Fort Fisher. * January 31 ** The Thirteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution (conditional prohibition of slavery and involuntary servitude) passes narrowly, in the House of Representatives. ** American Civil War: Confederate General Robert E. Lee becomes general-in-chief. * February ** American Civil War: Columbia, South Carolina burns, as Confederate forces flee from advancing United States, Union forces. * February 3 – American Civil War : Hampton Roads Conference ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
