Conrad Hinrich Donner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Altona, Hamburg, Germany
About Conrad Hinrich Donner
- Conrad Hinrich Donner (11 April 1774, in Altona – 1 January 1854) was a German banker and art collector. Conrad Hinrich Donner was the son of Johann Christian Donner (1739-1804), a buyer and the Danish consul in Hamburg and Maria Anterrer (1742-1802) from Altona.
- Donner was at first the owner of a tobacco factory with 150 workers.
- In 1798 he established the Company Conrad Hinrich Donner for the sale of goods and the provision of marine insurance(Assekuranz).
- Company Conrad Hinrich Donner was also a shipping company from which sailing boats operated.
- Later the banking transactions stepped ever more into the foreground, with the formation of Conrad Hinrich Donner Bank.
- He had close business ties to the shipping magnate Johann Cesar VI.
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- In 1820 Donner bought Sieveking Garden (today Donners Park de:Donners Park) and there in 1843 he established an art museum containing sculptures of Bertel Thorvaldsen and Herman Wilhelm Bissen).
- The museum and an orangery was designed by of Gottfried Semper.
- Conrad Hinrich Donner donated large sums for charitable purposes and was a promoter of art and science.
- Through his father, Donner was a personal friend of King Christian VIII of Denmark who stayed with him at Altona.
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