Hermann Oelrichs

Hermann Oelrichs ( born June 8, 1850 in Baltimore, Maryland, † September 1, 1906 on the SS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse in the Atlantic Ocean) was an American banker, multi-millionaire and co-owner of Norddeutsche Lloyd shipping company.

Life

Hermann Oelrichs was the grandson of the Bremen merchant Johann Gerhard Oelrichs. He studied at the St. Paul 's School in Concord, New Hampshire, and later at Yale University; as a Yale student, he was included in the release Skull & Bones secret society.

In 1890 he married in San Francisco, the rich heiress Tessie Theresa Alice Fair ( 1862-1926 ), eldest daughter of the Senator from Nevada and silver mine owner James Graham Fair ( 1831-1894 ) and his first wife, Theresa Rooney (1838 - ). From the marriage, which by all accounts was happy, was a son, Hermann Jr. (1891-1941), out.

The Oelrichs family played a major role in the reconstruction of San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake in the framework of the Committee of Fifty (Committee of Fifty ). The family was also the luxury hotel The Fairmont in San Francisco.

In the 19th century Newport, Rhode Iceland was a favorite summer residence of the American plutocracy ( Gilded Age, Gilded Age). After the death of the politician George Bancroft - Breeder of American Beauty Rose - bought Oelrichs the fourteen -acre estate by the sea and at the Bellevue Avenue, called Rosecliff. Between 1898 and 1902, the couple Hermann and Theresa Oelrichs made ​​by the renowned architect Stanford White, the palatial summer home Rosecliff Mansion in the French Beaux- Arts style, designed along the lines of the Grand Trianon, built for the family. The property remained until 1941 owned by the Oelrichs family - today it is a museum and can be visited.

Here were the legendary film adaptations of High Society (1956 ) with Grace Kelly, The Great Gatsby (1974 ) with Robert Redford, True Lies - Where the Truth Lies (1994 ) with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Amistad (1997) with Matthew McConaughey filmed in the lead roles.

Worth mentioning

  • Shark attacks on the coast of New Jersey ( 1916): 1891 sat the wealthy banker and adventurer Hermann Oelrichs a price of 500 U.S. dollars for the proof of that a man was attacked in marine waters of the temperate climate zone of a shark. The reward was never demanded.
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