Otto Beck

Otto Beck (30 March 1846 – 19 May 1908) was a German politician, and former senior mayor for Mannheim 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 University of Mannheim.[1][2][3]

Otto Beck
Born(1846-05-19)19 May 1846
Krautheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Died30 March 1908(1908-03-30) (aged 61)
NationalityGerman
Alma materHeidelberg University

Education

Beck was born in Krautheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany. He studied law at the Heidelberg University until 1871, where he obtained his Staatsexamen (equivalent to Juris Doctor). Later in his life, Beck received an Honorary doctor from his alma mater.

Otto Beck monument in Mannheim

Live

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

Literature
  • Gustaf Jacob (1953), "Beck, Otto", Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB) (in German), 1, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 707–707; (full text online)
  • 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, ISBN 978-3-89735-471-5

See also

Notes
  1. "90 Jahre Gartenstadt-Genossenschaft - I. Wie kam es zur Genossenschaftsgründung?". gartenstadt-genossenschaft.de. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  2. "Mannheim: Grosse Namen auf den Grabstätten Mannheimer Friedhöfe". friedhof-mannheim.de. Retrieved 2015-01-19.
  3. "Vereinsgeschichte: Geschichte des Mannheimer Tierschutzes". tierheim-mannheim.de. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
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