Maximilian Franz Thiel
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Maximilian Franz Thiel | |
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 Thiel in 1935 | |
| Born | 12 January 1865 |
| Died | 16 May 1939 (aged 74) |
Maximilian Franz Thiel, often just called Max Thiel, (12 January 1865 –16 May 1939) was a German agent who worked for Hernsheim & Co in German New Guinea. He was manager of the Pacific operations of the German enterprise.[1] His mother Rosetta Albertina was sister to Eduard and Franz Hernsheim,[2] the founders of Hernsheim & Co. In at least 1884 he was living on Jaluit, Marshall Islands,[3] at the same time as Franz Hernsheim.[4] The year after he got to German New Guinea where he lived in Matupi in Rabaul, Niu Briten (New Britain), Bismarck Archipelago where also Eduard Hernsheim lived.[2][5] Here he was manager as well as part-time owner of Hernsheim & Co. During this time he was also Norwegian consul in German New Guinea.[6]
