Medal AUSTRIA Bronze Plaque 1911by S.Schwartz Anton Bettelheim-critic,journalist

AUSTRIA
Medal Bronze plaque (1911) by Stefan Schwartz

Anton Bettelheim (1851-1930).

To the 60th birthday of the literary scholar
and translator.

Obv: bust to the right.

Rev: Plain

Hauser 7219

Condition: UNC
Weight: 104.84 g.
Diameter: 53x70 mm.
Anton Bettelheim (November 18, 1851 in
Vienna – March 29, 1930 in Vienna) was an Austrian critic and journalist.
He was born to a Jewish family and studied
law, and for some time was engaged in active practise, but abandoned the
profession for a literary career. Although he had received his degree of
''doctor
of law'', he attended the lectures of Giesebrecht and Michael Bernays at
Munich
on literary subjects. Fired by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the latter,
he
undertook the study of Beaumarchais' life and writings, and, to this end,
resolved to make original investigations in the libraries of London,
Paris, The
Hague, Carlsruhe, and Spain. After an extended tour through Germany,
France,
England, and Spain, Bettelheim became, in 1880, the feuilleton editor of
the
Vienna ''Presse''. He retained this position until 1884, when he became
editor of
the ''Deutsche Wochenschrift''. In 1886, he joined the editorial staff of
the
''Deutsche Zeitung'', which position he resigned shortly after to publish
the ''Biographische
Blätter'', subsequently issued as ''Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher
Nekrolog''.
Bettelheim was married to the writer and graphic Helene Bettelheim-Gabillon
(1857–1946), a daughter of the actors-couple Ludwig (1828–1896)and Zerline
(1834–1892) Gabillon. Their children, Ministerialrat Dr. Ludwig
Bettelheim-Gabillon
and Friederike Bunzel were murdered in Theresienstadt concentration camp.

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