Marie Gordon

Marie Gordon (née Calafati; * 1810 in Vienna (?); † November 13, 1863 in Trieste ) was an Austrian writer.

Life

The daughter of Eustach (ius) Calafat (t) i, agent for Österreichischer Lloyd in Corfu , grew up in Vienna and Trieste. On July 25, 1829 she married the British Lieutenant William Frederick Gordon (born January 21, 1800 in Chelsea ) in Corfu , with whom she went to London. Exactly one week after the husband was promoted to captain on August 9, 1831 , he was killed while driving a Phaeton (wagon) at Waltham Abbey when his horse shied away from an organ grinder and he jumped out of the wagon.

Marie received a widow's pension of £ 50 and returned to Vienna. She wrote under the pseudonym Alexander Bergen and worked mainly for the stage. She edited numerous stage works from English and French. Gordon was friends with Moritz Gottlieb Saphir for many years and had a daughter with him. Johann Nestroy , who is hostile to sapphire, appeared in three plays by Gordon at the Carltheater , for example in her farce “A lecture at the caretaker” (1860) in the title role of caretaker Maxl.

Quote

Caretaker Maxl asks apartment applicants: “Are you single? ... Do you have any children? ... hit the piano? ... Is it a dog or a canoe? ... Do you have someone who is good for you away from the interest? ... What kind of stand do you have? "(Quoted from Wiener Geschichtsblätter, supplement 4/1996)

literature

Constantin von Wurzbach : Gordon, Marie . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 11th part. Imperial-Royal Court and State Printing Office, Vienna 1864, p. 418 f. ( Digitized version ).
Gordon, Marie. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 2, Publishing House of the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1959, p. 32 f. (Direct links on p. 32 , p. 33 ).

Web links

Literature by and about Marie Gordon in the catalog of the German National Library
A lecture ... at Open Library
From: 50 years of the Carltheater

swell

^ Moniteur des Dates , by Eduard Maria Oettinger , Volume 1, Dresden 1866, p. 133 books.google
↑ Constance Oliver Skelton & John Malcolm Bulloch: Gordons under Arms. A Biographical Muster Roll of Officers named Gordon in the Navies and Armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite Risings . Aberdeen. Printed for the University. 1912. pp.365-6 archive.org
^ Andreas Brandtner: Saphir, Moritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 433 f. ( Digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Gordon, Marie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bergen, Alexander (pseudonym); Calafati, Marie (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1810
PLACE OF BIRTH	unsure: Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	November 13, 1863
Place of death	Trieste

[1] Moniteur des Dates , by Eduard Maria Oettinger , Volume 1, Dresden 1866, p. 133 books.google

[2] Constance Oliver Skelton & John Malcolm Bulloch: Gordons under Arms. A Biographical Muster Roll of Officers named Gordon in the Navies and Armies of Britain, Europe, America and in the Jacobite Risings . Aberdeen. Printed for the University. 1912. pp.365-6 archive.org

[3] Andreas Brandtner: Saphir, Moritz. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 22, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-428-11203-2 , p. 433 f. ( Digitized version ).