Alfred Escher

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Alfred Escher was a prominent 19th-century Swiss politician and entrepreneur who played a key role in developing Switzerland’s railway and financial infrastructure.

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instanceOf Swiss politician
businessman
entrepreneur
human
railway pioneer
academicDegree doctorate in law
citizenship Switzerland NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy Alfred Escher Foundation NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Switzerland NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Switzerland NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1819-02-20
dateOfDeath 1882-12-06
educatedAt Humboldt University of Berlin
surface form: University of Berlin

University of Bonn NERFINISHED
University of Zürich NERFINISHED
era 19th century
familyName Escher vom Glas NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork banking
infrastructure development
railway development
fullName Johann Heinrich Alfred Escher vom Glas NERFINISHED
givenName Alfred
hasMonument Alfred Escher monument at Zürich Hauptbahnhof NERFINISHED
languageSpoken German
memberOf Liberal Party of Switzerland NERFINISHED
nativeLanguage Swiss German
notableFor development of the Swiss railway network
founding of major Swiss financial institutions
political leadership in 19th-century Switzerland
occupation business executive
entrepreneur
politician
railway executive
placeOfBirth Zürich NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Enge NERFINISHED
Zürich NERFINISHED
politicalIdeology liberalism
positionHeld chairman of the Gotthard Railway Company
co-founder of Schweizerische Lebensversicherungs- und Rentenanstalt
co-founder of Schweizerische Rückversicherungs-Gesellschaft
director of the Schweizerische Nordostbahn
first president of Schweizerische Kreditanstalt
founder of Schweizerische Kreditanstalt
member of the Cantonal Council of Zürich
member of the Swiss National Council
member of the government of the Canton of Zürich
president of the Cantonal Council of Zürich
president of the Swiss National Council
president of the board of Schweizerische Nordostbahn
residence Zürich NERFINISHED

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Credit Suisse foundedBy Alfred Escher