Johann Gottlob Nathusius

German industrialist (1760-1835)

Johann Gottlob Nathusius belongs to the commercial record as a figure whose ventures outlasted the conditions that produced them.

The record lists Johann Gottlob Nathusius as German industrialist (1760-1835).

Johann Gottlob Nathusius was born at Baruth/Mark in 1760. His recorded nationality is Germany.

This was the age of chartered companies and long-distance trade, when a single voyage could make or ruin a house.

He worked as entrepreneur, farmer and industrialist.

His recorded affiliations include Gottlob Nathusius.

Commercial success is easy to measure and hard to interpret; timing and market do much of the work.

Recognition followed: Order of the Red Eagle 3rd Class.

That the business was built from Germany shaped it: capital, regulation and market size differ by country, and they decide what is even attemptable.

Johann Gottlob Nathusius died in 1835, aged 75. What remains is the enterprise and its consequences, which is the only durable measure of a commercial life.

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