Hermann Heinrich Becker (politician)

{{short description|Former Lord Mayor of Dortmund and Cologne}}

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Hermann Heinrich Becker (15 September 1820, Elberfeld – 9 December 1885, Cologne) was a German politician and member of the German Progress Party.{{Cite book |last=Heffter |first=Heinrich |title=Neue Deutsche Biographie |title-link=Neue Deutsche Biographie |year=1953 |volume=1 |pages=716 |language=de |chapter=Becker, Hermann |chapter-url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd118657860.html#ndbcontent}} Becker was born to Dr. Hermann Becker and Theodora Helene Caroline Wilhelmine Friedrike Becker, née Krackrügge. Becker studied law at Heidelberg, Bonn and Berlin,{{cite web |title=Library Hermann Heinrich Becker |url=https://ub.uni-koeln.de/en/collections-specializations/becker |website=ub.uni-koeln.de |access-date=7 December 2024}} and graduated on 10 May 1847.

He was mayor of Dortmund from 1870 to 1875{{cite book |title=Hansische Geschichtsblätter |date=1970 |publisher=Böhlau Verlag |page=75 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Hansische_Geschichtsbl%C3%A4tter/uyQFAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&bsq=Hermann+Heinrich+Becker+%221870%22+dortmund+75&dq=Hermann+Heinrich+Becker+%221870%22+dortmund+75&printsec=frontcover |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=de}} and mayor of Cologne from 1875 to 1885. He was also a member of the Prussian House of Representatives from 1862 to 1873.{{cite web |title=BIORAB Kaiserreich – ParlamentarierPortal |url=https://www.bioparl.de/datenbanken/biorabkr/biorabkr-db/?id=125 |website=www.bioparl.de |access-date=7 December 2024 |language=de}} On 8 October 1877 he married Henriette Metzmacher (1847–1928), daughter of his old friend Carl Metzmacher. However, the marriage did not last very long. Becker died on 9 December 1885 from tuberculosis.