Otto Beck (30 March 1846 – 19 May 1908) was a German politician, and former senior mayor for

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from 1891 to 1908. Moreover, by having founded the ''Handelshochschule Mannheim'' together with Heinrich Gothein in 1907, he is regarded as one of the founding fathers of the

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Beck was born in

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. He studied

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at the

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until 1871, where he obtained his ''Staatsexamen'' (equivalent to

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). Later in his life, Beck received an

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from his alma mater. Mannheim-Otto-Beck

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Later, Beck, together with

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's economics professor Eberhard Gothein (1853–1923), initiated the foundation of the ''Handelshochschule Mannheim'' to revive academic education in Mannheim.

Literature

* * Engelbert Strobel: ''Oberbürgermeister Otto Julius Beck''. In: ''Badische Heimat 1982, Heft 2''. Karlsruhe 1982 * Stadt Mannheim, Michael Caroli, Ulrich Nieß (Hg.): ''Geschichte der Stadt Mannheim: Bd 2 1801–1914''. Ubstadt-Weiher 2007,

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Mannheim's official Website
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