Alfred Lämmerhirt
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21 April 1839
51°27′01″N 8°20′51″W / 51.450236°N 8.347556°W
Alfred Lämmerhirt | |
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 Lämmerhirt c. 1895 | |
| Born | Carl Louis Alfred Traugott Lämmerhirt 21 April 1839 |
| Died | 10 July 1899 (aged 60) Frankfurt am Main, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Resting place | Siepmann family plot, Warstein, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany 51°27′01″N 8°20′51″W / 51.450236°N 8.347556°W |
| Alma mater | Karlsruhe Institute of Technology |
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| Spouse |
Emilie Louise Schmiedt
(m. 1869) |
| Children | 8 |
| Relatives | Hugo Siepmann (son-in-law) Robert Fricke (son-in-law) |
Carl Louis Alfred Traugott Lämmerhirt (German pronunciation: [ˈlɛmərˌhɪʁt]; 21 April 1839 – 10 July 1899) was a German industrialist, engineer and founding member of Westfalia Dinnendahl Gröppel, initially based in Bochum.[1][2][3] He was the father-in-law of Hugo Siepmann and Robert Fricke.
Lämmerhirt was born 21 April 1839 in Stolberg (Harz), Kingdom of Prussia (presently Germany), the eldest of six children, to Christian Lämmerhirt, a district court secretary and later vice mayor of Suhl, and Karoline Lisette (née Steher). He completed the Real school whilst living with a great-uncle in Nordhausen due to the provincial location of his hometown and limited educational possibilities.
After he completed a technical apprenticeship in Erfurt, he decided to become an engineer. He enrolled and studied mechanical engineering at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology where he belonged to the Fidelitas fraternity.