Albert Friedrich Speer
Albert Friedrich Speer (6 May 1863 – 31 March 1947) was a German architect. He was the father of the architect and Nazi Germany minister Albert Speer and the grandfather of another architect of the same name. After studies in Berlin and Munich, he started an architecture firm in Mannheim, which he ran between 1900 and 1923.
Albert Friedrich Speer

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- Name
- Albert Friedrich Speer
- Born
- 6 May 1863
- Birthplace
- Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia
- Died
- 31 March 1947
- Place of death
- Heidelberg, Allied-occupied Germany
- Occupation
- Architect
- Spouse
- Luise Máthilde Wilhelmine Hommel
- Nationality
- Germany
- Education
- Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
- Languages
- German
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Albert Friedrich Speer (6 May 1863 – 31 March 1947) was a German architect. He was the father of the architect and Nazi Germany minister Albert Speer and the grandfather of another architect of the same name. After studies in Berlin and Munich, he started an architecture firm in Mannheim, which he ran between 1900 and 1923.
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His buildings are in the classical style and art nouveau. Most of his works are in Mannheim and are stylistically influenced by Art Nouveau and Neoclassical architecture. His marriage to Luise Máthilde Wilhelmine Hommel produced three sons, among them Albert Speer. The painter Conrad Hommel was his brother-in-law, whose daughter Eva van Hoboken was his niece.

Mannheim, T 1, 1, Warenhaus Sigmund Kander, ca 1902
Ingeborg Riegl, Michael Caroli: Mannheim ehemals, gestern und heute

Schulhaus in Kirchheim an der Weinstraße
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• Name — Albert Friedrich Speer • Born — 6 May 1863 • Birthplace — Dortmund, Province of Westphalia, Kingdom of Prussia • Died — 31 March 1947 • Place of death — Heidelberg, Allied-occupied Germany • Occupation — Architect • Spouse — Luise Máthilde Wilhelmine Hommel • Children — * Hermann • Albert • Ernst Albert Friedrich Speer (6 May 1863 – 31 March 1947) was a German architect. He was the father of the architect and Nazi Germany minister Albert Speer and the grandfather of another architect of the same name. After studies in Berlin and Munich, he started an architecture firm in Mannheim, which he ran between 1900 and 1923. His buildings are in the classical style and art nouveau. Most of his works are in Mannheim and are stylistically influenced by Art Nouveau and Neoclassical architecture. His marriage to Luise Máthilde Wilhelmine Hommel produced three sons, among them Albert Speer. The painter Conrad Hommel was his brother-in-law, whose daughter Eva van Hoboken was his niece.
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1863
Albert Friedrich Speer born at Dortmund.
1947
Albert Friedrich Speer died at Heidelberg.
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Albert Friedrich Speer is recorded as having studied at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. Connected to 1 other published record in the VALÉORINE Encyclopedia.
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