Ernst Oppert

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Ernst Oppert (born December 5, 1832 in Hamburg ; † September 19, 1903 there ) was a German fund broker and Korea researcher .

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Ernst Oppert came from a large family that can be traced back to Samuel Oppenheimer . His father Eduard, who was listed for the first time in the Hamburg address book as "Commissioner" in 1821 , came from Potsdam and changed his family name for unknown reasons. Ernst Oppert went to East Asia as a merchant in 1851. While China and Japan opened their ports to international trade under foreign pressure, Korea tried to isolate itself. Ernst Oppert wanted to change this and in 1868 attempted to kidnap the remains of the Korean ruler's father. With the operation carried out under the flag of the North German Confederation , Oppert wanted to blackmail the political leader, but failed. Oppert was then indicted in the Hamburg Higher Court and sentenced to three months in prison. The Hamburg Senate got into a dispute with Otto von Bismarck as a result of the incident .

After serving his sentence, Ernst Oppert worked as a fund broker in Hamburg, but continued to deal with East Asian countries.

His brothers, in whose shadow he stood during his lifetime, were the orientalists Gustav Salomon Oppert and Jules Oppert .

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In 1879 Oppert published a book in London , which he then translated himself. The FA Brockhaus publishing house moved the work in 1880 entitled "A closed country. Travel to Corea. In addition to representation of the geography, history, products and trade relations of the country, the languages ​​and customs of its inhabitants ”.

In 1898 Oppert wrote "East Asian Migrations" and "Memories of a Japanese". All of the works show Oppert as an exact observer who was extremely linguistically gifted.

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SURNAME Oppert, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German fund broker and Korean researcher
DATE OF BIRTH December 5, 1832
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH September 19, 1903
Place of death Hamburg