Felix Bamberg

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Felix Bamberg   (born May 17, 1820 in Unruhstadt ; died February 12, 1893 in Saint-Gratien (near Paris )) was a German diplomat , writer and publicist .

Live and act

Felix Bamberg was a son of the private scholar Moritz Bamberg and Ernestine Meyer. He attended grammar school in Glogau and Friedrichswerder grammar school in Berlin and then studied philosophy and political science in Berlin , Paris and Göttingen . In 1846 he received his doctorate and then worked as a translator and author. In 1851 he entered the diplomatic service of Prussia and was employed at the embassy in Paris, where he went through the career steps of a diplomatic career, advice, character as vice-consul, character as consul and from 1867 consul in Paris. In 1859 he married the Frenchwoman Françoise Elisabeth Husson, they had two sons.

In 1870/71 he was head of press affairs at the German headquarters, then political advisor to Edwin von Manteuffels . He worked for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie . For the series General History in Individual Representations published by the German historian Wilhelm Oncken , he contributed to the volume History of the Oriental Affair in the Period of Peace in Paris and Berlin .

From 1873 he was consul in Messina , from 1880 consul general in Genoa and in 1887 he was retired.

He was also the editor of Friedrich Hebbel's diaries and letters .

Fonts (selection)

  • About the influence of world conditions on the directions of art, and about the works of Friedrich Hebbel’s . Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1846.
  • History of the February Revolution and the first year of the French Republic of 1848 . With an introduction containing the presentation of the government of France since 1830 and the causes of the revolution. With the portraits of Cavaignac , Lamartine and Louis Blanc . George Westermann, Braunschweig 1848.
  • On the Course of the Oriental Affair in the Middle of the Nineteenth Century . With an appendix containing the peace treaty of March 30, 1856 and explanations. Otto Wigand, Leipzig 1857.
  • History of the Oriental Affair in the Period of the Peace of Paris and Berlin . With portraits, illustrations and maps. G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin 1892 ( digitized version ).

Editing

  • Friedrich Hebbel's diaries . With a foreword. Along with a portrait of Hebbel after Rahl and a picture of his death mask. 2 volumes. G. Grote'sche Verlagbuchhandlung, Berlin 1885/86.
  • Friedrich Hebbel's correspondence with friends and famous contemporaries . G. Grote'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin
    • 1st volume. With a foreword. Along with the portraits of Hebbel and Bamberg, engraved by Albert Krüger. 1890;
    • 2nd volume. With a foreword and an epilogue to Hebbel's literary estate. 1892.

Secondary literature

Web links

Wikisource: Felix Bamberg  - Sources and full texts

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Adalbert Elschenbroich:  Bamberg, Felix. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 1, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1953, ISBN 3-428-00182-6 , p. 571 ( digitized version ).
personal data
SURNAME Bamberg, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bamberg, Feliks; Bamberg, Felix S.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German diplomat, writer and publicist
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1820
PLACE OF BIRTH Unruhstadt (today Kargowa, Poland )
DATE OF DEATH February 12, 1893
Place of death Saint-Gratien (near Paris )