Oskar von Hoffmann
Oskar von Hoffmann (born October 22, 1832 in Trieste (then Austrian Empire ), † May 1, 1912 in Leipzig ) was a German banker and translator .
Life
Oskar von Hoffmann was the son of the Leipzig banker Ludwig Ferdinand Freiherr von Hoffmann (1796-1856), who lived with his wife Pauline, born Mayer-Frege, for a few years in Trieste at the time of Oskar's birth. Oskar grew up in Leipzig, then got into the business of his father and worked in his bank in New York .
In 1864 he returned to Leipzig from the USA and married Eveline Becker (1842–1913) that same year. The couple moved into the von Hoffmann town house on Augustusplatz, built by the architect Eduard Pötzsch . The couple had three daughters.
Von Hoffmann and his wife were supporters of the theosophical movement. In 1888 von Hoffmann's translation of the meditation essay Light on the Path by the English theosophist Mabel Collins appeared as Light on the Path . A year later he translated The Song of the White Lotus by the same author .
In 1906, at the age of 73, von Hoffmann met the founder of anthroposophy, Rudolf Steiner . In the same year he, his wife and daughter Martina (meanwhile widowed Limburger-von Hoffmann) joined the German section of the Theosophical Society , of which Steiner was Secretary General.
Although the von Hoffmannsche Bank as the Leipziger Disconto-Bank had perished around 1880 and Oskar von Hoffmann then lived as a privateer , he was described as the richest man in Leipzig in the year of his death in 1912 with a fortune of 12 million marks .
The elevation to the rank of nobility and baron granted to his father by the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg was recognized for Oskar von Hoffmann by the Kingdom of Saxony in 1903 .
Web links
- Hoffmann, Oskar Freiherr von. In: Leipzig Lexicon. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
- Oscar Baron von Hoffmann. In: http://www.kulturimpuls.org/ . Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
- Baron von Hoffmann, Oskar. In: Leipzig biography. Retrieved January 15, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Martin, Rudolf: Yearbook of the wealth and income of millionaires in the Kingdom of Saxony. 1912 . Verlag Rudolf Martin, Berlin 1912, p. 224/225, (digitized version )
- ↑ Martin, Rudolf: Yearbook of the wealth and income of millionaires in the Kingdom of Saxony. 1912 . Verlag Rudolf Martin, Berlin 1912, p. 1, (digitized version)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hoffmann, Oskar von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hoffman, Oscar of |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German banker and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 22, 1832 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trieste |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 1, 1912 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |