Joseph Mallmann

Joseph Mallmann
Personal details
Born 1827
Boppard, Germany
Died 1886
Germany
Nationality German
Occupation businessman

Joseph Mallmann (c.1827–1886) was a German businessman, founder of Mallmann & Co, one of the most important companies in Buenos Aires in the late nineteenth century.[1]

Mallmann was born in Boppard, had arrived in Buenos Aires in 1846, accompanied by Sebastian Cathrein (1823-1851).[2] In 1849 during the government of Juan Manuel de Rosas, Mallmann and Cathrein founded Mallmann & Co, company dedicated to buying and selling real estate.[3] Joseph Mallmann left Buenos Aires in 1860 to establish a company in Paris, leaving the management of his company to his family.[4]

The House Mallmann & Co had links with the largest cities in the world including Montevideo, Antwerp and London.[5]

References

  1. ↑ German Buenos Aires, 1900–1933: Social Change and Cultural Crisis, Ronald C. Newton
  2. ↑ Quaderni storici, Issue 25, Istituto di storia e sociologia
  3. ↑ Deutsche in Argentinien, Wilhelm Lütge
  4. ↑ Geschichte des Deutschtums in Argentinien, Wilhelm Lütge, Werner Hoffmann, Karl Wilhelm Körner
  5. ↑ Diario de sesiones, Volumes 145-147, Uruguay. Asamblea General. Cámara de Representantes
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