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'''Alfred Teves''' (27 January 1868 - 5 November 1953) was a [[Germany|German]] ship's captain who came ashore |
'''Alfred Teves''' (27 January 1868 - 5 November 1953) was a [[Germany|German]] ship's captain who came ashore in 1898 and reinvented himself as an [[Automotive industry in Germany|auto industry]] entrepreneur. During the early 1920s the "Alfred Teves Maschinen- und Armaturenfabrik" company, became one of the largest suppliers of components and sub-assemblies to the German auto-industry, and was rebranded, more succinctly, " ATE".<ref name=ATlautUE>{{cite web |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd1102410144.html#ndbcontent |title= Teves, Alfred: Fabrikant, * 27.1.1868 Trittau (Schleswig), † 6.11.1953 Oberems (Taunus). (evangelisch) |author=Ulrich Eisenbach |work=[[Neue Deutsche Biographie]] |volume=26 |year=2016 |pages=60-61 |accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=ATlautLAGIS>{{cite web |url=https://www.lagis-hessen.de/pnd/1102410144 |title=Teves, Alfred |work=Hessische Biografie |publisher=Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS), Marburg |accessdate=26 June 2021}}</ref> |
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== Life == |
== Life == |
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Alfred Teves was born in [[Trittau]], a small town in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], located some 30 km (20 miles) east of [[Hamburg]]. Friedrich Wilhelm Teves (1814-1871), his father, was a local government official.<ref name=ATlautLAGIS/> Between 1877 and 1883 he attended for the prestigious [[Katharineum |"Katharineum" (secondary school)]] and the "Großheim’schen Realschule" (secondary school) in the nearby city of [[Lübeck]] and then switched to a specialist [[:de:Seefahrtschule|sea-faring school]] in [[Steinwerder]], emerging qualified for work as a helmsman. He went to sea in 1885, employed at different stages as a second officer and, after acquiring the [[:de:Befähigungszeugnis |
Alfred Teves was born in [[Trittau]], a small town in [[Schleswig-Holstein]], located some 30 km (20 miles) east of [[Hamburg]]. Friedrich Wilhelm Teves (1814-1871), his father, was a local government official.<ref name=ATlautLAGIS/> Between 1877 and 1883 he attended for the prestigious [[Katharineum |"Katharineum" (secondary school)]] and the "Großheim’schen Realschule" (secondary school) in the nearby city of [[Lübeck]] and then switched to a specialist [[:de:Seefahrtschule|sea-faring school]] in [[Steinwerder]], emerging qualified for work as a helmsman. He went to sea in 1885, employed at different stages as a second officer and, after acquiring the [[:de:Befähigungszeugnis| necessary additional qualifications]] at [[:de:Rainvilleterrasse#Seefahrtschule |the Royal Navigation College]] in [[Altona]], as a ship's captain, both on sailing ships and steam ships.<ref name=ATlautUE/><ref name=ATlautLAGIS/> |
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He told an interviewer later that he moved onshore because his appetite for adventure had been sated. He joined the [[Frankfurt am Main |Frankfurt-]]based company [[Adler (cars and motorcycle) |Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer AG" (better known by the name it acquired in 1900 as "Adlerwerke" or more simply still, "Adler"]], principally known when Teves joined as a manufacturer of bicycles and tricycles. [[:de:Heinrich Kleyer |Heinrich Kleyer (1853–1952)]], the firm's founder and a brilliant engineer, was a cousin of Alfred Teves. Teves joined the company as a warehouse clerk, but four years later he had risen to the position of "Head of car sales".<ref name=ATlautUE/><ref name="„Aufstiegs“2013">{{cite book|author=Schriftleitung des „Aufstiegs“|title=Vom Schiffsjungen Kapitaen |work=Wie sie sich emporarbeiteten: Idee und Tatkraft führen zum Erfolg|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vzzKBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA148|date=1964|publisher=Th. Galber GmbH, Wiesbaden. Third edition puboished 2013 by Springer-Verlag, Wiesbaden|isbn=978-3-663-12880-9|pages=145–152}}</ref> |
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Anschließend arbeitete er einige Jahre beim Fahrradhersteller Adler in Frankfurt am Main und wurde dort 1902 Automobilverkäufer des Unternehmens, nahm aber auch an Autorennen teil. |
Anschließend arbeitete er einige Jahre beim Fahrradhersteller Adler in Frankfurt am Main und wurde dort 1902 Automobilverkäufer des Unternehmens, nahm aber auch an Autorennen teil. |
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1906 machte er sich als Handelsvertreter für Autozubehör selbständig, 1909 gründete er gemeinsam mit dem Ingenieur Matthäus Braun die Mitteldeutsche Kühlerfabrik und 1911 die Alfred Teves Maschinen- und Armaturenfabrik. Teves machte sich als Zulieferer für die in diesen Jahren rasant wachsende Automobilindustrie einen Namen, und konnte bald Audi, Wanderer und Hansa zu seinem Kundenkreis zählen. |
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Revision as of 16:10, 26 June 2021
Alfred Teves (27 January 1868 - 5 November 1953) was a German ship's captain who came ashore in 1898 and reinvented himself as an auto industry entrepreneur. During the early 1920s the "Alfred Teves Maschinen- und Armaturenfabrik" company, became one of the largest suppliers of components and sub-assemblies to the German auto-industry, and was rebranded, more succinctly, " ATE".[1][2]
Life
Alfred Teves was born in Trittau, a small town in Schleswig-Holstein, located some 30 km (20 miles) east of Hamburg. Friedrich Wilhelm Teves (1814-1871), his father, was a local government official.[2] Between 1877 and 1883 he attended for the prestigious "Katharineum" (secondary school) and the "Großheim’schen Realschule" (secondary school) in the nearby city of Lübeck and then switched to a specialist sea-faring school in Steinwerder, emerging qualified for work as a helmsman. He went to sea in 1885, employed at different stages as a second officer and, after acquiring the necessary additional qualifications at the Royal Navigation College in Altona, as a ship's captain, both on sailing ships and steam ships.[1][2]
He told an interviewer later that he moved onshore because his appetite for adventure had been sated. He joined the Frankfurt-based company Adlerwerke vorm. Heinrich Kleyer AG" (better known by the name it acquired in 1900 as "Adlerwerke" or more simply still, "Adler", principally known when Teves joined as a manufacturer of bicycles and tricycles. Heinrich Kleyer (1853–1952), the firm's founder and a brilliant engineer, was a cousin of Alfred Teves. Teves joined the company as a warehouse clerk, but four years later he had risen to the position of "Head of car sales".[1][3]
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References
- ^ a b c Ulrich Eisenbach (2016). "Teves, Alfred: Fabrikant, * 27.1.1868 Trittau (Schleswig), † 6.11.1953 Oberems (Taunus). (evangelisch)". Neue Deutsche Biographie. pp. 60–61. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Teves, Alfred". Hessische Biografie. Landesgeschichtliches Informationssystem Hessen (LAGIS), Marburg. Retrieved 26 June 2021.
- ^ Schriftleitung des „Aufstiegs“ (1964). Vom Schiffsjungen Kapitaen. Th. Galber GmbH, Wiesbaden. Third edition puboished 2013 by Springer-Verlag, Wiesbaden. pp. 145–152. ISBN 978-3-663-12880-9.
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