A. E. Reimann

A. E. Reimann, Arnold Eugen Reimann (24 February 1827 – 15 June 1888) was a Danish bank manager. He was the paternal grandfather of the landowner and businessman of the same name.

Early life Reimann was born on 24 February 1827 in Copenhagen, the son of bookkeeper Carl Christian Reimann (1798–1852) and Sina (Euphrosyne) Brigitta Peerhøy (1801–46). He was just 11 years old when he got a job at the customs office in Holbæk. After two years, he returned to Copenhagen to work at a sugar refinery.

Career In 1842, Reimann's father established a grocery business and a vinegar manufactory in Copenhagen. Shortly thereafter, Reimann gave up his job at the sugar refinery to assist his father in the family business. The mother's death in 1846 left the father unable to continue the business, leaving the son with full responsibility for the operations. In 1854, he was granted citizenship as a wholesaler . When Kjøbenhavns private Laanebank was established in the same yearat the initiative of Industriforeningen in association with, amongst others, Christian August Broberg, Gottlieb Abrahamson Gedalia and Alfred HageReiman was selected as the bank's first bank manager. He continued his private business until 1856.