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Louis Meyer (businessman)
Louis Meyer (6 March 1843 – 12 September 1929) was a Denmark, Danish businessman. His company, Beckett & Meyer, a wholesale company, was after his death continued by his son Ernst Meyer. Early life and education Meyer was born on 6 March 1843 in Copenhagen, the son of Alfred Jacob Meyer (1806–1880) and Sophie Melchior (1809–1883). His father owned his own trading house. His mother was previously married to lawyer Meyer Abrahamson (1798–1833). He received a commercial education in his maternal uncles Moritz Moses Melchior's firm Moses & Søn G. Melchior. Career In March 1866, Meyer established his own firm in a partnership with H. L. Beckett, a colleague from Moses & Søn G. Melchior, under the name Beckett & Meyer. They started out by trading in sugar, soon establishing an import of brown sugar from Scotland, a product that gained widespread popularity in Denmark during the 1870s. H. L. Beckett left the company in 1879. A. Abrahamson was a few years later made a partner in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Copenhagen
Copenhagen ( ) is the capital and most populous city of Denmark, with a population of 1.4 million in the Urban area of Copenhagen, urban area. The city is situated on the islands of Zealand and Amager, separated from Malmö, Sweden, by the Øresund strait. The Øresund Bridge connects the two cities by rail and road. Originally a Vikings, Viking fishing village established in the 10th century in the vicinity of what is now Gammel Strand, Copenhagen became the capital of Denmark in the early 15th century. During the 16th century, the city served as the ''de facto'' capital of the Kalmar Union and the seat of the Union's monarchy, which governed most of the modern-day Nordic countries, Nordic region as part of a Danish confederation with Sweden and Norway. The city flourished as the cultural and economic centre of Scandinavia during the Renaissance. By the 17th century, it had become a regional centre of power, serving as the heart of the Danish government and Military history ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
