Otto Fanta

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Otto Fanta (born October 26, 1890 in Prague ; † 1940 ) was a teacher and graphologist .

Life

The son of Berta and Max Fanta was a school friend of Franz Werfel , studied philosophy until 1912 and later worked as a secondary school teacher. Around 1922 he wrote the film manuscript for The Basics of Einstein's Theory of Relativity , which - examined by Albert Einstein - almost had been made into a film, but which did not come about due to the Great Depression.

Around 1925 he married Hanne Bobatsch ( Johanna Fantová ; born April 9, 1901 in Brno ; † 1981). In 1929/30 Hanne organized Einstein's personal library in Berlin.

He worked as a graphologist , wrote together with Willy Schönfeld for the journal Die Schrift and took part in the third International Graphological Congress in Paris in 1937. Before the outbreak of World War II , he emigrated to England at the last minute, but lost all of his property.

Fantová emigrated to the USA after his death and was trained as a librarian . She was Einstein's last partner.

Publications

  • Systém kriminalistického vzdělání. Around 1930
  • Graphology as a science: (font characterology and font expertise); Introducing their basics and your results. Prague, 1935
  • The control analysis ; in: Die Schrift , Brno, Volume 2, pp. 91–121
  • Fonts from doppelgangers and doppelganger fonts ; in: The writing ; Brno, 1937, pp. 65-86
  • The Czech script ; in: writing and writing ; Bonn, 1937
  • Written expression of the asocial and antisocial youth ; in Graphologia ; Prague, 1938

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Susanne Blumesberger, Rahel Rosa Neubauer: The women of the Jewish Prague circle. (PDF 7.5 MB) Institute for Science and Art, Vienna, July 2008, accessed on June 19, 2011 (Project: Creative Networks and Transaction Fields from a Historical-Biographical Perspective (Final Report)).
  2. ↑ Otto Fanta & Johanna Fantova. In: familytrees.genopro.com. Retrieved on June 19, 2011 (English, The ancestors and descendants of Albert Einstein): "Otto and Johanna were married."
  3. ^ Steven Schultz: Newly discovered diary chronicles Einstein's last years. In: Princeton Weekly Bulletin Vol. 93, No. April 25 , 2004, p. 1 , accessed June 19, 2011 (English).
  4. ↑ Gisela Ostwald: Einstein's last love. (No longer available online.) In: stern.de. January 19, 2005, archived from the original on March 28, 2012 ; Retrieved June 19, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.stern.de
  5. ↑ Dennis Overbye: A Beautiful Reminder. A Diary From Einstein's Companion Reveals Poems And Musings. In: sun-sentinel.com. April 25, 2004, p. 2 , accessed June 19, 2011 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Fanta, Otto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Teacher and graphologist
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH 1940
Place of death England