Oswald Ottendorfer
Oswald Ottendorfer | |
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Member of the New York City Board of Aldermen | |
In office January 1873 – April 1874 | |
Member of the Board of Regents of the University of the State of New York | |
In office April 14, 1870 – 1873 | |
Personal details | |
Born | German American | February 26, 1826
Alma mater | University of Vienna University of Prague |
Occupation | Journalist, editor |
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Valentin Oswald Ottendorfer (26 February 1826 – 15 December 1900) was an
Education
Ottendorfer was the son of a manufacturer, the youngest of six children. He was sent to live with a married sister in
Revolutionary
In 1848, he returned to Vienna, intending to finish his studies in
Many of his fellow revolutionaries were captured or killed. He managed to escape. He was concealed by a friendly porter in a bookstore until the excitement subsided, and then fled to the
Journalism
On his arrival in
The year of his marriage, he returned to Europe, but avoided Austria, though he was assured he would not be bothered there. In 1866, he did visit Austria.
He was editor and publisher of the Staats-Zeitung from 1859 to 1900; his wife was business manager until her death in 1884.
Politics
Ottendorfer adhered to the principles of the
Philanthropy
Besides other charitable gifts, Ottendorfer gave $300,000 to build and endow an educational institution in his native town in
Later years
In later life, Ottendorfer retired from active journalism on account of failing health, and spent most of his time in Europe.
See also
Notes
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- ^ Proceedings of the New York Electoral College, Held at the Capital in the City of Albany, on the First Day of December, 1868. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1868. p. 22.
- ^ Proceedings of the Electoral College of the State of New York: Held at the Capitol in the City of Albany, December 5th & 6th, 1876. Albany, N.Y.: The Argus Company. 1877. p. 6.
- ^ College, New York (State) Electoral (1884). Proceedings of the Electoral College of the State of New York. Albany, N.Y.: Weed, Parsons & Company. p. 5.
- ^ NYC - East Village: New York Public Library, Ottendorfer Branch at flickr.com
References
- Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
- Edwin H. Zeydel (1962). "Ottendorfer, Oswald". Dictionary of American Biography. Vol. VII, Part 2. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. p. 107.
- Printers' ink. Vol. 28–29. 1899. p. 120.
External links
- Portrait of Oswald Ottendorfer (from the New York Public Library Digital Gallery)
- Biography at Muzeum Svitavy
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
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- Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. .