Josef Sigmund Ebersberg

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Josef Sigmund Ebersberg, lithograph by Josef Kriehuber , 1848

Josef Sigmund Ebersberg (also Joseph Sigismund Ebersberg ; born March 22, 1799 in Steinabrunn , Lower Austria ; † October 27, 1854 in Hernals near Vienna) was an Austrian writer and journalist.

Life

Josef Sigmund Ebersberg was the son of the economic administrator Franz Ebersperger and his wife Josepha Dünkel. At the age of 17 Ebersberg began to study law and philosophy at the University of Vienna . After successfully completing his studies, Ebersberg earned his living as a tutor for various noble families.

As such, as also later, he published a number of publications for young people with instructive and narrative content and in 1824 founded the festivities , a magazine for young people, which he redesigned in 1831 for the long-time influential Austrian audience .

In 1830 Ebersberg married Marie Nádory, a daughter of the court counselor Joseph von Nádory . With her he had two sons: the writer Ottokar Franz Ebersberg and the officer Karl Julius Ebersberg .

The year 1848 found the man who had meanwhile become consistorial councilor among his bitterest opponents. The viewer became political, brought political fables , which emerged from strong satirical attacks and finally made the paper impossible. In the following reaction time (1853) Ebersberg received the Golden Cross of Merit with the crown.

Josef Sigmund Ebersberg died at the age of 55 on October 27, 1854 in Hernals near Vienna.

Works

  • Man as the creator and destroyer of his happiness (Vienna 1831)
  • The Book of the Good and Sociable Tone (Vienna 1834)
  • Stories for my sons (Vienna 1835, 8 vol.)

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personal data
SURNAME Ebersberg, Josef Sigmund
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ebersberg, Joseph Sigmund
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH March 22, 1799
PLACE OF BIRTH Steinabrunn , Lower Austria
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 1854
Place of death Hernals (district of Vienna)