August von Haxthausen belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.
The record lists August von Haxthausen as German agriculturalist, economist, lawyer, and folk song collector (1792–1866).
August von Haxthausen was born at Bökendorf in 1792. His recorded nationality is Germany. He was educated at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Clausthal University of Technology.
This was the age of chartered companies and long-distance trade, when a single voyage could make or ruin a house.
He worked as agronomist, economist and jurist.
Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.
That the business was built from Germany shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.
August von Haxthausen died in 1866, aged 74. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.
Achievements
- Educated at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg and Clausthal University of Technology
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