Alexander Scharf
Alexander Scharf (born May 24, 1834 in Pest , Austrian Empire , † November 4, 1904 in Vienna ) was an Austrian journalist and industrialist.
Life
Scharf, who was initially a businessman in Hungary, worked as a journalist in Vienna from the 1850s. First he published the raffle newspaper Fortuna and the stock exchange correspondence . Following the model of the Observer , he founded the Wiener Sonn- und Mondags-Zeitung in 1863 , which he ran until his death, temporarily also as editor-in-chief. From 1865 to 1873 he also published the Wiener Börsen-Zeitung .
Scharf was the general representative of the North British and Mercantile Insurance Company and, according to Czeike, was involved in the establishment of the first Austrian insurance syndicate . His sentiments were anti-clerical and moderately liberal. He turned against the Christian Socials and especially against Karl Lueger , against whom he led a sensational press trial and brought about the conviction of Lueger.
Scharf was also an art collector. In 1891, together with his son Paul, he founded the Watt light bulb factory , which from 1917 had the brand name Tungsram and has operated as Tungsram Austria since 1971.
Through the speculative deals, which helped him to a significant fortune, Scharf got an ambiguous reputation.
Alexander Scharf rests in a family crypt in the old Israelite department of the Vienna Central Cemetery .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Historisches Lexikon Wien, Volume 5, Kremayr & Scheriau, Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-218-00547-7 , p. 63
literature
- Gabriele Wichart: Sharp, Alexander. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 10, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-7001-2186-5 , p. 40 f. (Direct links on p. 40 , p. 41 ).
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| SURNAME | Sharp, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 24, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pest , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th November 1904 |
| Place of death | Vienna |