| Code | DS/UK/1876 |
| Dates | 13/01/1865-02/03/1937) |
| Person Name | Bruckmann; [Clemens Ernst] Peter (13/01/1865-02/03/1937)) |
| Surname | Bruckmann |
| Forenames | [Clemens Ernst] Peter |
| Activity | Gold- and Silver factory owner; Chairman of the Deutsche Werkbund. Together with his brother Ernst Bruckmann he took over his father's company 'Silberwarenfabrik Beter Bruckmann & Söhne' (1887-1923); Bruckmann was mainly in charge of designs. After 1923 he left the business to his son Dietrich (1896-1967); member of the Deutschen Demokratischen Partei (DDP); member württemberg Landtag (1915-1933 ); chairman of DDP Württemberg (06/01/1921-1933).
Co-founder of Deutscher Werkbund (1907), chairman of Deutscher Werkbund (1909-1919, 1926-1932); honorary chairman (1932).
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| Relationships | Peter Bruckmanns Ehe mit Johanne, einer Tochter des Kommerzienrats Louis Link, gingen drei Söhne und eine Tochter hervor. |
| History | Karls-Gymnasium Heilbronn; studied at School for applied arts and engineering at Munich (1884-1887); Hofrat. |
| Source | Theodor Heuss, 'Bruckmann, Peter', in: Neue Deutsche Biographie (NDB). Band 2, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1955, p. 648; Frank Raberg: Biographisches Handbuch der württembergischen Landtagsabgeordneten 1815–1933. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2001, p. 104; 'Peter Bruckmann', URL: <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Bruckmann> [accessed 12/09/2011]. |
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