August Abendroth
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August Abendroth(6 October 1796 – 19 March 1867) was a Hamburg jurist, merchant andphilanthropist.
Biography[edit]
August Abendroth was the eldest on nine children of the Hamburg senator (and later mayor)Amandus Augustus Abendrothfrom his marriage to Johanna Magdalena von Reck. August's younger brotherCarl Eduard Abendrothwould become a Member of the Hamburg Parliament.
Like his father, August studiedlegal scienceand worked as alawyerinHamburg.In 1822 he became one of the 30 founding members of theHamburg Art Association,the organisation that founded theHamburger Kunsthalle.[1]He also promoted theHome mission.He even participated in promoting railways and building sites.[2]
In 1837 he bought the largely unused Uhlenhorst area for 70,000 Bank Marks (106500 Mark Courant)[3]at auction and began work on the drainage and subdivision. This was essential for building the newUhlenhorstdistrict.[4]After his death, his widow bequeathed a portion of his private book collection to the city library, and a Uhlenhorst street is named after him.
One of his daughters, Helene (1827–1911), married the painterKarl Ross,whose art career Abendroth had promoted, encouraging his studies abroad and buying many of his paintings.[5]
References[edit]
- ^"Galerie of Kunstvereins".Archived fromthe originalon 23 September 2013.Retrieved8 April2012.
- ^Muller, Emil (1840).Nutzen und Zweck der Hamburg-Bergedorfer-Eisenbahn(in German). Hamburg, Hoffmann & Campe.
- ^Geschichtswerkstatt St Gertrud, Geschichte von Uhlenhorst und Hohenfelde, im Netz 21. January 2009ArchivedFebruary 3, 2011, at theWayback Machine
- ^Uhlenhorst
- ^Gramm-Lausen, H. (2000).Charles Roß 1816-1858. Ein Landschaftsmaler des 19. Jahrhunderts. Bau + Kunst.Kiel. pp. 36–38.
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