Karl August Mebold

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Karl August Mebold (also Carl ) (born February 12, 1798 in Spielberg, Oberamt Nagold ; † August 20, 1854 in Stuttgart ) was a German journalist .

Life

Born the son of a pastor, Mebold attended the seminars in Schönthal and Maulbronn as well as the Tübingen monastery . He studied philosophy in Tübingen. During his studies in 1816 he became a member of the old Tübingen fraternity Arminia / Germania . In 1821 he was a repetiteur at the pen. He lost this position in 1825 after an investigation initiated in 1824 because of his fraternity activities. It was therefore to imprisonment convicted of 2½ years, he in the Hohenasperg was serving; together with his later colleagues Gustav Eduard Kolb and Karl von Hase . After his release he worked as a writer in Stuttgart. He was co-editor of the Deutsche Zeitung . Mebold translated Cicero's writings for the Schwab-Tafel collection. He was an employee of the Cotta'schen Buchhandlung , there from 1827 main employee and editor of the magazine foreign and from 1828 for other magazines. From 1842 he worked in the editorial department of the Allgemeine Zeitung from Augsburg . From 1850 he was sick and finally died in 1854.

Publications (selection)

  • The Thirty Years War and its heroes. 2 volumes, Stuttgart 1835 and 1840.
  • with Ferdinand Denis and Bernardo Mendel, translated from the French: World Painting Gallery, or, History and description of all countries and peoples, their religions, customs, customs. America. First volume, Brazil, Colombia and Guyana. Stuttgart 1838.
  • with Roux de Rochelle : History and Description of the United States of North America. Stuttgart 1839.

literature

personal data
SURNAME Mebold, Karl August
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Carl (alternative spelling)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1798
PLACE OF BIRTH Spielberg, Nagold District Office
DATE OF DEATH August 20, 1854
Place of death Stuttgart