Otto Philipp Braun (journalist)
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Otto Philipp Braun was a German newspaper editor and translator. He was the nephew of the Bolivian general of the same name
.
He was born in Kassel
where he attended the Lyceum Fridericianum, and later studied law, history, and modern languages in Bonn
, Heidelberg
and Marburg
. He was the president of the Marburg Students' Society and participated in the student parliaments at Eisenach
. During the 1850s he lived and worked in Paris
, Madrid
, Kassel
and Munich
, in 1855 joining the staff of the pro-Prussian Allgemeine Zeitung
in Augsburg
(and later in Munich). He became the chief editor in March 1869, and continued with the paper until 1891.
Active in the literary life of Munich and a friend of Paul Heyse, he is remembered for his translations from the Spanish and as the editor of the Cottaschen Musenalmenach.
Otto Philipp Braun
Otto Philipp Braun . Born 13 December 1798 in Kassel, Principality of Hessen-Kassel . Died on 24 July 1869 in Kassel, a province of the kingdom of Prussia. Braun was one of the most successful foreign volunteers participating in the independence war of South America...
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He was born in Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
where he attended the Lyceum Fridericianum, and later studied law, history, and modern languages in Bonn
Bonn
Bonn is the 19th largest city in Germany. Located in the Cologne/Bonn Region, about 25 kilometres south of Cologne on the river Rhine in the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it was the capital of West Germany from 1949 to 1990 and the official seat of government of united Germany from 1990 to 1999....
, Heidelberg
Heidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
and Marburg
Marburg
Marburg is a city in the state of Hesse, Germany, on the River Lahn. It is the main town of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district and its population, as of March 2010, was 79,911.- Founding and early history :...
. He was the president of the Marburg Students' Society and participated in the student parliaments at Eisenach
Eisenach
Eisenach is a city in Thuringia, Germany. It is situated between the northern foothills of the Thuringian Forest and the Hainich National Park. Its population in 2006 was 43,626.-History:...
. During the 1850s he lived and worked in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
, Kassel
Kassel
Kassel is a town located on the Fulda River in northern Hesse, Germany. It is the administrative seat of the Kassel Regierungsbezirk and the Kreis of the same name and has approximately 195,000 inhabitants.- History :...
and Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, in 1855 joining the staff of the pro-Prussian Allgemeine Zeitung
Allgemeine Zeitung
The Allgemeine Zeitung was in the first part of the 19th century the leading political daily journal in Germany. It has been widely recognised as the first world class German journal and is a symbol of the German press abroad....
in Augsburg
Augsburg
Augsburg is a city in the south-west of Bavaria, Germany. It is a university town and home of the Regierungsbezirk Schwaben and the Bezirk Schwaben. Augsburg is an urban district and home to the institutions of the Landkreis Augsburg. It is, as of 2008, the third-largest city in Bavaria with a...
(and later in Munich). He became the chief editor in March 1869, and continued with the paper until 1891.
Active in the literary life of Munich and a friend of Paul Heyse, he is remembered for his translations from the Spanish and as the editor of the Cottaschen Musenalmenach.