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Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
1855–1942
A Bremen merchant with a close knowledge of the cotton trade, he wrote a detailed account of the Bremen Cotton Exchange at its 50th anniversary. His work offers a practical window into the business networks and global commerce of the early 20th century.
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Bremen Cotton Exchange, 1872/1922
by Andreas Wilhelm Cramer
About the author
Born in Bremen in 1855 and dying there in 1942, Andreas Wilhelm Cramer is identified in the Deutsche Biographie as a merchant. He is best known today for Bremen Cotton Exchange, 1872/1922, a historical survey published for the exchange's fiftieth anniversary.
That book looks at the rise of Bremen as a major cotton-trading center and explains how the exchange developed over its first half-century. Because it was written by someone working within the commercial world he described, it has the feel of both a commemorative history and a firsthand guide to how the trade operated.
Reliable biographical detail about Cramer appears to be limited in the sources I found, so it is safest to present him chiefly as a Bremen businessman and chronicler of the cotton market rather than to claim a larger literary career. Even so, his surviving work is valuable for listeners interested in trade history, port cities, and the economic life behind everyday goods.