August Hornbostel
August Gottlieb Hornbostel (born September 17, 1786 in Vienna ; † July 26, 1838 there ) was an Austrian writer and doctor.
Life
August Hornbostel was the stepbrother of the Viennese entrepreneur Christian Georg Hornbostel . Hornbostel, who was a classmate of Grillparzer , studied medicine at the University of Vienna . In 1816 he obtained his doctorate. As a family doctor he worked at the kk engineering academy in Vienna.
As a writer he wrote under the pseudonym O. Ernst Bohl and was also an employee of the Wiener Zeitschrift . Among other things, he was a founding member of the Wollzeiler Society , which has set itself the goal of collecting folk songs, sagas, swans and customs.
After failures, the sensitive and Biedermeier poet withdrew from the public.
His extensive unpublished estate is in the Vienna City Library .
Works
- The Most Beautiful Place (fairytale game), 1816
- Mary or the plague in Leon (tragedy), 1833
- The Home Called (Tragedy), 1835
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Hornbostel, August Gottlieb . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 9th part. Imperial and Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1863, p. 299 ( digitized version ).
- Egon von Komorzynski: Hornbostel, August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, pp. 471-475.
- Hornbostel August Gottlieb. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1959, p. 422.
Web links
- Online catalog of the Vienna Library in the City Hall
Individual evidence
- ^ The Wollzeilergesellschaft and the Circular at www.sagen.at accessed on April 7, 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hornbostel, August |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hornbostel, August Gottlieb; Bohl, O. Ernst (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian author and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 17, 1786 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 26, 1838 |
| Place of death | Vienna |