Joseph Bendix Liebermann

Joseph Liebermann (* June 14, 1783 in Märkisch Friedland † January 29, 1860 in Berlin) moved to Berlin in 1823 and founded a textile company with his brothers. He was the first Prussian to build machines to the production of cotton fabric.

Agricultural machinery was produced in Liebermann's factory in Lower Sprottau.

The Engineering Institute belonged to William Dear's lodge with blast furnace and rolling mill.

Joseph Lieberman was married to Marianne Callenberg Bach (1792-1864) with whom he had ten children.He is the grandfather of the industrialist Emil Rathenau, of the painter Max Liebermann and of the chemist Karl Liebermann.

A book has been written on the Liebermann's family: Regina Scheer: Wir sind die Liebermanns. Die Geschichte einer Familie; Propyläen Verlag: Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-5490-7288-0.

http://www.berliner-lindenblatt.de/content/view/209/225/

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josef_Liebermann