Ludwig Rudolf Alioth

Ludwig Rudolf Alioth
Born(1848-05-05)5 May 1848
Arlesheim, Switzerland
Died1 July 1916(1916-07-01) (aged 68)
Arlesheim, Switzerland
Occupations
  • Engineer
  • industrialist
SpouseBertha von Speyr
ChildrenElisabeth Vischer-Alioth
FatherDaniel August Alioth

Ludwig Rudolf Alioth (5 May 1848 – 1 July 1916) was a Swiss engineer and industrialist. In 1881 he and Emil Bürgin founded an electrical manufacturing business, from which the Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Alioth [de] in Münchenstein emerged in 1895; in 1911 the firm merged with BBC. He was a pioneer of the Swiss electrical industry, and above all of electric railways.

Biography

Ludwig Rudolf Alioth was born on 5 May 1848 in Arlesheim, the son of Daniel August Alioth. He married Bertha von Speyr, daughter of Karl von Speyr. He studied in Lausanne and spent a period of study in the United States. His daughter was the suffragist Elisabeth Vischer-Alioth.

Alioth was an engineer. He was first technical director and partner in his father's schappe spinning mill. In 1881, together with Emil Bürgin, he founded an electrical manufacturing business, first in Basel and then in Münchenstein, which produced motors, apparatus and locomotives. In 1895 it gave rise to the Elektrizitätsgesellschaft Alioth AG in Münchenstein. In 1911 the firm merged with Brown, Boveri & Cie (BBC).

Alioth was a pioneer of the Swiss electrical industry, and above all of electric railways. In 1903 the University of Lausanne awarded him an honorary doctorate. He was a colonel in the engineer troops (Genietruppen). He died in Arlesheim on 1 July 1916.

References

 This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Alioth, Ludwig Rudolf​, Kaspar Birkhäuser, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.  This article incorporates text from a free content work. Licensed under CC-BY SA. Text taken from Vischer-Alioth, Elisabeth​, Yvonne Voegeli, Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alioth, Ludwig Rudolf" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  2. ↑ "Vischer-Alioth, Elisabeth" in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.

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