Anton Bettelheim was an Austrian critic and journalist.

Biography

He studied law, and for some time was engaged in active practise, but abandoned the profession for a literary career. Although he had received his degree of "doctor of law

Doctor of law

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", he attended the lectures of Giesebrecht and M. Bernays at Munich

Munich

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 on literary subjects. Fired by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the latter, he undertook the study of Beaumarchais' life and writings, and, to this end, resolved to make original investigations in the libraries of London

London

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, Paris

Paris

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, The Hague

The Hague

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, Carlsruhe

Carlsruhe

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, and Spain. After an extended tour through Germany, France, England, and Spain, Bettelheim became, in 1880, the feuilleton editor of the Vienna "Presse". He retained this position until 1884, when he became editor of the "Deutsche Wochenschrift". In 1886 he joined the editorial staff of the "Deutsche Zeitung", which position he resigned shortly after to publish the "Biographische Blätter", subsequently issued as "Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog". Bettelheim was married to the writer and graphic Helene Bettelheim-Gabillon (1857-1946), a daughter of the actors-couple Ludwig (1828-1896)and Zerline (1834-1892) Gabillon. Their children, Ministerialrat Dr. Ludwig Bettelheim-Gabillon and Friederike Bunzel were murdered in KZ Theresienstadt.

Works

• "Beaumarchais," a biography, 1886;
• a translation of Littré's "Wie ich mein Wörterbuch der französischen Sprache zu Stande gebracht habe," 1887;
• "Volkstheater und Lokalbühne," 1887;
• "Ludwig Anzengruber
  Ludwig Anzengruber
  Ludwig Anzengruber was an Austrian dramatist, novelist and poet. He was born and died in Vienna.- Origins:...
  
  , der Mann, sein Werk, seine Weltanschauung," 1891 (2d ed. 1898);
• "Die Zukunft unseres Volkstheaters," 1892;
• "Deutsche und Franzosen," 1895
• "Acta Diurna, Gesammelte Aufsätze," 1899.

Bettelheim edited "Führende Geister", 1890–97, and was also one of the editors of Ludwig Anzengruber's complete works, published by Cotta, 1890.