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Adolph Godeffroy (* 28. November 1814 in Hamburg; † 13. Dezember 1893 ebenda) war ein Hamburger Kaufmann, Abgeordneter der Hamburgischen Bürgerschaft, Mitbegründer der Reederei HAPAG und deren erster Vorsitzender. Godeffroy um 1860. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Literatur. 3 Darstellungen. 4 Einzelnachweise. Leben.
His brother, Adolph Godeffroy in 1847 was co-founder of the passenger line "Hamburg-Amerikanischen Packetfahrt-AG“ " (HAPAG) and until 1880 the presiding director. During the winter months the family lived in the upper floors of a house in the Old Wandrahm inside Hamburg, office spaces occupied the lower floor.
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Hapag was founded in Hamburg on May 27, 1847 by a group of German merchants and shipowners led by Adolf Godeffroy, Ferdinand Laeisz, August Bolton, and E. Merck. Ten years later, on February 20, 1857, Norddeutscher Lloyd was founded in Bremen by C. A. Cr ü semann and H. H. Meier.
To the left of the fireplace is a copy of the antique statue of Venus de' Medici, created in Italy around 1880 and owned by Adolph Godeffroy, the presiding director of Hapag. The Venus de' Medici...
Adolph Godeffroy becomes its first director. Its aim is to run a faster, more reliable liner service between Hamburg and North America, initially New York, using first-class sailing-ships. The board of directors wish to create “something outstanding” and this is also ap-parent in its novel corporate philosophy.
Godeffroy with his younger brother Adolph, Carl Merck, Charles Parish, Edward Sieveking, Johann Gustav Heckscher and five Moreover, the "Hamburger Rowing Club ". It is the oldest sailing club on the European continent.
