Hermann Heinrich Becker (15 September 1820,Elberfeld – 9 December 1885,Cologne) was a German politician and member of theGerman Progress Party.^[1] Becker was born to Dr. Hermann Becker and Theodora Helene Caroline Wilhelmine Friedrike Becker, née Krackrügge. Becker studied law atHeidelberg,Bonn andBerlin,^[2] and graduated on 10 May 1847.

He was mayor ofDortmund from 1870 to 1875^[3] andmayor of Cologne from 1875 to 1885. He was also a member of thePrussian House of Representatives from 1862 to 1873.^[4] 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.

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