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Adolf Goerz

German-South African mining engineer

Adolf Goerz (18 December 1857 in Mainz, Grand Duchy of Hesse - 28 July 1900 in Giessbach Switzerland) was a German mining engineer who moved to areas in southern Africa under British control. He emigrated to Cape Colony around 1888.²

From Wikipedia’s article on Adolf Goerz (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Born Dec 18, 1857, died Jun 28, 1900.¹

About

He founded Adolf Görz & Co which later became the Union Corporation, which was one of the five original gold mining houses of South Africa.

From Wikipedia’s article on Adolf Goerz, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.²

Companies

Union CorporationFounder⁸

Career

Occupation: mining engineer.⁴

Date not recordedFounded Union Corporation³

Personal life

BornDec 18, 1857, Mainz⁵
DiedJun 28, 1900, Giessbach⁶
CitizenshipGerman Empire⁷

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WikidataAdolf Goerz on Wikidata
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WikipediaAdolf Goerz on Wikipedia
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WikidataAdolf Goerz: Founded Union Corporation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAdolf Goerz: occupation, on Wikidata
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WikidataAdolf Goerz: place of birth, on Wikidata
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WikidataAdolf Goerz: place of death, on Wikidata
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WikidataAdolf Goerz: citizenship, on Wikidata
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WikidataUnion Corporation, Founder
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Wikimedia CommonsAdolf Goerz photo by This file is from the Mechanical Curator collection , a set of over 1 million images scanned from out-of-copyright books and released to Flickr Commons by the British Library in London, England. View image on Flickr View all images from book View catalogue entry for book ., Public domain

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