Zsigmond Bródy
Zsigmond Bródy , also Sigmund Brody (born November 15, 1840 in Miskolc , Austrian Empire ; died January 6, 1906 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary ) was a Hungarian journalist and member of the table of magnates of the Hungarian Reichstag .
Life
Bródy attended grammar school in Budapest and studied law at the university. He started a journalistic career early on and published his first editorial in 1859 . As early as 1860 he was editor of Pesti Hölgydivatlap and together with Károly Grósz founded the German-language magazine Pannonia with the aim of publishing Hungarian literature in translations. In the years 1859–60 he wrote several poems and hymns for the Jewish community, which are still used today. As an employee of the Magyar Sajtó , he became known as a first-class journalist.
After the Austro-Hungarian compromise (1867), Bródy worked with Sigmund Kemény as an editor at Pesti Napló ; that was his most important time as a journalist and publisher. In 1872 he was briefly secretary at the Ministry of the Interior; In 1873 he acquired the New Pest Journal , which was distributed throughout Hungary under his publishing house. His nephew Daniel Bródy inherited the newspaper and became its editor-in-chief.
As a philanthropist , Bródy donated 100,000 guilders to journalistic organizations on his 50th birthday. He also donated 320,000 guilders in memory of his wife Adele Bródy (née Stern) for the Adele Brody Children's Hospital. In 1896 he became a member of the Magnate House for life.
literature
- Szinnyei, Magyar Irók Tóra
- Pallas Nagy Lexicona, sv
- Zsigmond Bródy in the Jewish Encyclopedia
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bródy, Zsigmond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sigmund, Zsiga Bacsi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Hungarian journalist and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1840 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Miskolc |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1906 |
| Place of death | Budapest |