Wolf von Schierbrand

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Wolf Reinhold von Schierbrand (* 4. October 1851 in Dresden , † 1920 ) was a from Saxony -derived American journalist and author . He was the first in 1898 for the Associated Press in Germany active correspondent .

Life

Wolf von Schierbrand was a son of the royal Saxon building officer Reinhold Curt von Schierbrand (1816–1857) and his wife Luise, born in Greifenberg in Pomerania . Bird. The royal Dutch Lieutenant General Wolf Curt von Schierbrand was an uncle of his.

After completing his school education, he studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg as well as at the University of Leipzig and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. In 1872 he emigrated to the United States of America , where he worked as a language teacher until 1876 and as a class teacher at Elie Charlier's private school in New York from 1876 to 1877 .

From 1877 to 1901 he worked as a journalist and magazine author. In 1894 he became a correspondent for the New York Evening Post in New York and in 1898 was the first correspondent working for the Associated Press in Germany. After 1901 he was mainly active as an author and also wrote articles for various newspapers and magazines .

family

Wolf von Schierbrand had been with Anna, born on January 2, 1885. Limberg, married. A common son was Reinhold Wolf von Schierbrand, born on September 1, 1885 in Chicago , Cook County (Illinois) .

Works

  • The Kaiser's Speeches, forming a Character Portrait of Emperor William II . Harper & Brothers, New York and London 1903 ( digitized )
  • America, Asia and the Pacific, with special reference to the Russo-Japanese war and its results . Holt, New York 1904 ( digitized version )
  • Russia, her strength and her weakness . GP Putnam's Sons, New York and London 1904 ( digitized )
  • Germany. The Welding of a World Power . Doubleday, New York 1905 ( digitized version )
  • Austria-Hungary: The Polyglot Empire . Frederick A. Stokes Company, New York 1917 ( digitized version )

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dresden, Kirchliche Wochenzettel, Reinhold Curt von Schierbrand, Baptism Notices, 1851 July 6 - Dec 31, In: Ancestry.de, accessed on August 15, 2019
  2. ^ Charlier Institute, 108 West 59th Street at Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10019 , In: nycago.org. accessed on August 16, 2019.
  3. ^ Illinois, Cook County Birth Registers, 1871-1915, Salt Lake City Utah 2009, Reinhold Wolf von Schierbrand, In: Ancestry.com, accessed August 15, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Schierbrand, Wolf von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schierbrand, Wolf Reinhold von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1851
PLACE OF BIRTH Dresden
DATE OF DEATH 1920