Richard Brunsich from Brun
Richard Theodor Friedrich Brun , by adoption since 1931 Brunsich Edler von Brun (born October 17, 1870 in Heide in Holstein , † December 7, 1964 in Hamburg ) was a German librarian and a Saxon councilor .
Life
He was the son of the businessman Adolph Friedrich Brunn and his wife Emma nee Lüttgens. After attending the Royal High School in Flensburg , Richard Brun studied at the University of Basel . He then worked as a bookseller from 1806 to 1903 and then as a librarian until 1906. Afterwards, he was promoted to senior librarian at the reading room and the municipal central library in Dresden . In 1912 he was appointed library director and in 1917 Royal Saxon Councilor.
After the reading hall and central library had been combined to form the “municipal library and reading hall” at the beginning of 1918, Richard Bruns became its director. At the age of 53 he retired at the end of 1923. After living in Dresden-Neustadt, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 2a for a few years, he moved to Berlin and later to Hamburg, where he died at the age of 95.
He had specialized in the history of literature of the 18th and 19th centuries and also published a number of writings.
In 1932 he was adopted by the Prussian infantry general Arthur Brunsich Edler von Brun and since then has been using the family name Brunsich Edler von Brun.
family
Richard Brun married Maria del Carmen Bulle from London in 1914, the daughter of a Mexican consul general. The son Max Brun (1899–1983) emerged from the first marriage. The name change was valid according to the current German naming law, but is rated by the German Nobility Law Committee as a so-called "false nobility".
Honors
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? Xth edition, Berlin 1935, p. 214.
Individual proof
- ↑ biography
- ↑ Institute German Adelsforschung needle sharing by adoption et cetera 1918-1933
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brunsich from Brun, Richard |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Brun, Richard; Brunsich Edler von Brun, Richard Theodor Friedrich (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German librarian and Saxon councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Heath in Holstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th December 1964 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |