Hermann Heinrich Becker
Former Lord Mayor of Dortmund and Cologne (Progressive/Liberal)
About Hermann Heinrich Becker
Lived 1820 – 1885 (aged 65). Hermann Heinrich Becker was a German politician.
Hermann Heinrich Becker (15 September 1820, Elberfeld – 9 December 1885, Cologne) was a German politician and member of the German Progress Party. Becker was born to Dr. Hermann Becker and Theodora Helene Caroline Wilhelmine Friedrike Becker, née Krackrügge. Becker studied law at Heidelberg, Bonn and Berlin, and graduated on 10 May 1847.
He was mayor of Dortmund from 1870 to 1875 and mayor of Cologne from 1875 to 1885. He was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1862 to 1873. On 8 October 1877 he married Henriette Metzmacher (1847–1928), daughter of his old friend Carl Metzmacher. However, the marriage did not last very long. Becker died on 9 December 1885 from tuberculosis.
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former Lord Mayor of Dortmund and Cologne (Progressive/Liberal) (1820-1885)
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Hermann Heinrich Becker was born on 15 September 1820 in Elberfeld.
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Hermann Heinrich Becker died on 9 December 1885 in Cologne.
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Hermann Heinrich Becker was a politician.
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Hermann Heinrich Becker was German.
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