Richard Schoenberger
Richard Schönberger (born January 27, 1846 in Prague , Austrian Empire , † July 9, 1921 in Vienna , Austria ) was an Austrian businessman and diplomat .
He is the son of the respected Prague old town merchant Franz Anton Schönberger (1811–1886) and the brother of the Austrian export merchants and trade representatives Victor von Schönberger (1844–1893) and Hugo Schönberger (1838–1900).
Life
Richard Schönberger was born in Prague on January 27, 1846 and, after completing high school there and studying at the Prague Commercial Academy , which was only founded in 1856 and was considered the first academy of its kind in what was then Austria's national territory, completed a military career also active as a businessman. From 1862 to 1872 he was an active member of the Austrian Navy , from 1866 in the rank of liner ensign and from 1872 to 1882 belonged to its reserve. In 1883 he was appointed lieutenant of the line ad honores. As early as 1874, Schönberger established himself as a businessman in Hong Kong and was honorary chancellor at the consulate general there under the consul Adolf von André (1844–1911) . In Hong Kong he also appeared on the board of the German Liedertafel there. In 1882 he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Franz Joseph Order for his services to the fatherland . Because he had been passed over when filling the newly created post of consul general in Hong Kong, he resigned in 1887. After he returned to Vienna in 1887 , he acted there from 1892 to 1911 as General Secretary of the Jockey Club for Austria , a gentlemen's club founded in 1867 and at that time a very respectable one. On July 9, 1921 Richard Schonberger committed 75-year-old in Vienna, where he had lived continuously since 1887, suicide .
literature
- Heribert Sturm : Biographical lexicon on the history of the Bohemian countries. , Munich 1974
- Neue Freie Presse : edition of July 10, 1921 and edition of July 12, 1921
Web links
- Schönberger_Richard at Schönberger_Franz-Anton. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 11, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1999,ISBN 3-7001-2803-7, p. 51 f. (Direct links on p. 51 , p. 52 ).
- Richard Schönberger in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
Individual evidence
- ^ The Directory and Chronicle for China, Japan, Corea, Indo-China, Straits Settlements, Malay States, Siam, Netherlands India, Borneo, the Philippines, and etc. 1882 (p. 219) (English / Chinese), accessed on 10 April 2017
- ^ The Vienna Men's Choir: Chronicle of the years 1843 to 1893 (p. 360), accessed on April 10, 2017
- ↑ The Austrian nobility since 1918 on adler-wien.at ( Memento of the original from April 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , accessed April 10, 2017
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schoenberger, Richard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian businessman and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1846 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 9, 1921 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria |