Raphael Basch
Raphael Basch, also Rafael Basch (1813 – 22 January 1907) was a Bohemian-Austrian writer and politician. He was the father of Victor Basch (1863–1944).
Biography
Basch was born in 1813 in
Until 1875 Basch was engaged only in economic questions, but in that year he returned to political journalism. He represented the Neue Freie Presse at Paris; and in close fellowship with Thiers, Gambetta, and Barthélemy St.-Hilaire he defended the republican policy against the men of 16 May. In 1883 he retired from journalism, but remained in Paris.
Basch died on 22 January 1907 in Paris.
Literary works
He has published a number of political pamphlets;
Two of these, entitled Deutschland, Oesterreich, und Europa, and Oesterreich und das Nationalitätenrecht, Stuttgart, 1870 — which appeared under the pseudonym Ein Altoesterreicher — created on their appearance a great sensation in Austria.
References
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Isidore Singer & Victor Basch (1901–1906). "Raphael Basch". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.