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Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann
Luxembourgish industrialist and politician (1782-1858)1
Jean-François Nicolas Boch Buschmann (9 March 1782 – 9 February 1858) was a Luxembourgish manufacturer. He was a member of the third generation of owners of the family pottery business, Jean-François Boch which at that time had its headquarters at Siebenbrunnen a short distance to the north of Luxembourg City.2
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Born Mar 9, 1782, died Feb 9, 1858.1
About
He became the head of the family firm which, in his time, was known chiefly for industrial production of porcelain tableware and tiles.
Reflecting the variety of languages in common use in Luxembourg, sources may identify him under various different names. Older German language sources may refer to him as Johann Franz Boch or Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann. Luxembourgeois and Dutch language sources may identify him as Jean Boch-Buschmann.
From Wikipedia’s article on Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Villeroy & BochFounder10
Career
Occupation: politician, entrepreneur, industrialist.6
- 1850 to 1858Chairperson, Société des sciences naturelles du Grand-Duché de Luxembourg4 5
- 1848 to 1849Member of the Frankfurt Parliament4
- Date not recordedFounded Villeroy & Boch3
Personal life
Family provenance and connections
Jean-François Boch was born in the family home at Siebenbrunnen / Sept-Fontaines in Luxembourg. His father was the entrepreneur-industrialist Pierre-Joseph Boch (1737-1818) from Lorraine. His mother, born Marie Antoinette Lucie Nothomb, was from Luxembourg.
In 1806 Boch married Anne Marie Rosalie Buschmann (1785-1870), the daughter of a successful master-tanner from St. Vith.
From Wikipedia’s article on Johann Franz Boch-Buschmann (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Politics
In 1849 Jean-François Boch made a brief excursion into the world of politics, serving as a member of the Frankfurt Parliament between 3 January and 30 May. He was one of three representatives from Luxembourg, taking the place previously occupied by Jean-Jacques Willmar, who had to return to Luxembourg after being appointed the Grand duchy's prime minister on 6 December 1848. At Frankfurt Boch did not join any particular faction, but he tended to vote with the Centre-Right members, supporting of the election of the Prussian king as Emperor of the Germans. (The king declined the appointment.) When the parliament discussed the question of a possible German state under Prussian leadership, the three Luxembourg members presented a united front, insisting on certain conditions that would be necessary for Luxembourg to join any such union.
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- 10WikidataVilleroy & Boch, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsJohann Franz Boch-Buschmann photo by Oktobersonne, CC BY-SA 4.0