Friedrich Grillo

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Friedrich Grillo monument in the Grillostrasse, Gelsenkirchen

Henrich Friedrich Theodor Ernst Grillo (20 December 1825,

industrialist in the Ruhr area of Germany, particularly in Essen and Gelsenkirchen
.

Born the son of an Essen merchant, into a Protestant family of Italian origin (his ancestors came from

Schalker Eisenhütte (ironworks
) in 1872.

Friedrich Grillo and, after his death, his widow Wilhelmine Grillo donated the property and two thirds of the construction costs of the Grillo-Theater which opened in Essen in 1892.

References

  1. ^ Barbara Gerstein (1966), "Grillo, Henrich Friedrich (Fritz) Theodor Ernst", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), vol. 7, Berlin: Duncker & Humblot, pp. 68–69; (full text online)

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