Kinon, Ferdinand |
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BORN 29 Oct 1867, Stolberg, Nordrhein-Westfalen - DIED 8 Nov 1919, Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen GRAVE LOCATION Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen: Ostfriedhof, Adalbersteinweg |
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Ferdinand Kinon was the son of the glass manufacturer Nikolaus Franz Viktor Kinon (1831-1887). His mother was Henriette Willems (1843-1925). He completed an apprenticeship in his father's factory in burtscheid. After his father's death it was managed by his mother, until he took over the commercial management in 1894. In the same year he founded a branch in Cologne. Branches in Düsseldorf (1902) and Leipzig (1909) followed. He bought Röder, Meyer & Compagnie Hohenschönhausen in Berlin and opened a factory in that city in 1912. In the 1910s the company was the first in Germany to produce safety glass. Kinon married Helene Westendorp (1874-1959), a daughter of the art photographer Eugen Westendorp. They had a daughter. He died in 1919 in Aachen and he was buried at the Ostfriedhof in that city. |
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 The grave of Ferdinand Kinon at the Ostfriedhof in Aachen, Nordrhein-Westfalen. Picture by Androom (30 Jun 2024) |
Sources • Ferdinand Kinon - Wikipedia (DE) |
