Victor Borosini from Hohenstern
Victor Ritter Borosini von Hohenstern (born February 5, 1872 in Wiener Neustadt , † October 23, 1968 in Los Angeles , California ) was a German-Austrian officer and diplomat .
Life
Von Hohenstern was born in 1872 as the son of the kuk captain Victor Ritter Borosini von Hohenstern and his wife Hermine nee. born of free life . After the father's death in 1874, the mother married an officer in the Saxon army . He attended the higher boys' school in Chemnitz from 1878 to 1882, the Thomas School in Leipzig from 1882 to 1886, the Roßleben monastery school from 1886 to 1888 and the Dresden-Neustadt grammar school from 1888 to 1892. After graduating from high school, he became a flagjunker in the Rifle Fusilier Regiment “Prince Georg” (Royal Saxon) No. 108 . In 1893 he was promoted to second lieutenant . In 1895 he passed an interpreting exam in French . After his service, he traveled to the United States , the United Kingdom , Switzerland and Russia . In 1899 he married Edith Lillian, born in the United States . Dorr .
From 1899 he studied at the seminar for oriental languages and chemistry at the Polytechnic in Berlin and Zurich. However, due to an illness he had to give up his science studies. In 1901 he switched to law and political science at the University of Geneva and the Friedrich Wilhelms University in Berlin . His academic teachers included Richard Böckh , Gustav v. Schmoller , Georg Simmel , Franz von Liszt and Wilhelm Dilthey . In 1905 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD.
From 1914 he did his military service, getting into British and French captivity. In 1918 he was promoted to captain and employed as a military attaché at the German legation in Bern . In 1919 he worked on press and passport matters in Zurich . From 1920 to 1922 he was press officer at the German Embassy in Rome and representative of the Wolf Telegraph Office . In 1922 he became a commercial attaché (honorary advisory councilor on economic and social affairs) in New Orleans , Louisiana .
Most recently he lived in Pasadena , California .
Works
- Forty-one years in India from subaltern officer to chief in command - Frederick Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts . Vol. 2. Berlin 1904.
literature
- Maria Keipert (Red.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871–1945. Published by the Foreign Office, Historical Service. Volume 1: Gerhard Keiper, Martin Kröger: A – F. Schöningh, Paderborn 2000, p. 232.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dissertation: Economic conditions in the Mesabi area in Minnesota, with special reference to the city of Eveleth and the miners
- ↑ QFIAB 85 (2005), p. 338.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hohenstern, Victor Borosini from |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hohenstern, Victor Ritter Borosini von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Austrian officer and diplomat |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 5, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wiener Neustadt |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 23, 1968 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |