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Ernst Borsig

German industrialist (1869-1933)

Ernst August Paul Borsig (13 September 1869 in Berlin-Moabit – 6 January 1933 in Gut Groß Behnitz, Brandenburg) was a German industrialist.2

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

Born Sep 13, 1869, died Jan 6, 1933.1

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, politician.5

Life and career

Borsig graduated from high school in Berlin in 1889, and then completed technical training at the Mechanical Engineering Industry Association He then studied at the University of Bonn and the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg. In 1890 he became a member of the Corps Hansea Bonn.

Ernst Borsig played a major role in the relocation of the Moabit workshops to Berlin-Tegel. He visited a number of well-known local and foreign factories, and sent some of his technical officials on extensive study trips to England and America. This resulted in the drafts for the new plant, which after its completion in 1898, became a landmark in Berlin.

In 1898, Borsig married Margarete Gründler. They had four children together: Karl Albert Arnold (1899), Margret (1900), Annelise (1902) and Ernst von Borsig junior (1906).

In 1910 Ernst von Borsig was one of the 60 richest men in the Kingdom of Prussia with a fortune of 22 million marks.

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

Personal life

  • BornSep 13, 1869, Moabit6
  • DiedJan 6, 1933, Groß Behnitz7
  • CitizenshipGermany8

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