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Albert Friedrich Speer (6 May 1863 – 31 March 1947) was a German
architect An architect is a person who plans, designs and oversees the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to provide services in connection with the design of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the buildings that h ...
. He was the father of the architect and
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minister Albert Speer and the grandfather of another architect of the same name. After studies in
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and
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, he started an architecture firm in
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, which he ran between 1900 and 1923. His buildings are in the classical style and art nouveau. Most of his works are in Mannheim and are stylistically influenced by Art Nouveau and
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. His marriage to Luise Máthilde Wilhelmine Hommel produced three sons, among them Albert Speer. The painter Conrad Hommel was his brother-in-law, whose daughter Eva van Hoboken was his niece.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Speer, Albert Friedrich Architects from North Rhine-Westphalia People from Dortmund Art Nouveau architects Albert Speer 1863 births 1947 deaths