Kessler, Harry
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Birthname | Harry Clemens Ulrich von Kessler | ||||
born on | 23 May 1868 at 14:00 (= 2:00 PM ) | ||||
Place | Paris Arrondissement 1, France, 48n5136, 2e2031 | ||||
Timezone | LMT m2e2031 (is local mean time) | ||||
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Biography
Anglo-German count, diplomat, writer, publisher and patron of modern art who befriended many high profile artists and writers of his day. His homosexuality, which inevitably made him a psychological outsider, undoubtedly influenced his insight and critique of Wilhelmian culture. English translations of his diaries Journey to the Abyss (2011) and Berlin in Lights (1971) reveal anecdotes and details of artistic, theatrical, and political life in Europe, mostly in Germany, from the late 19th century through the collapse of Germany at the end of World War I until his death in Lyon on 30 November 1937 at age 69.
Relationships
- associate relationship with Vollmöller, Karl Gustav (born 7 May 1878)
- friend relationship with Förster-Nietzsche, Elisabeth (born 10 July 1846)
- friend relationship with Rathenau, Walther (born 29 September 1867)
Events
Source Notes
Sy Scholfield provided birth registry entry from Paris archives (1868, arr. 1, no. 754).
Categories
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist (Patron of modern art)
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Military : Pacifist/ Objector (President of the German Peace Society)
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Diplomat
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation (German Democratic Party)
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer (Diarist)
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer (Walther Rathenau)
- Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor
Categories:
- 1868 births
- Birthday 23 May
- Birthplace Paris Arrondissement 1, FR
- Sun 2 Gemini
- Moon 20 Gemini
- Asc 1 Libra
- 1937 deaths
- Family : Childhood : Advantaged
- Family : Childhood : Family noted
- Lifestyle : Financial : Philanthropist
- Passions : Sexuality : Gay
- Vocation : Business : Business owner
- Vocation : Business : Top executive
- Vocation : Military : Pacifist/ Objector
- Vocation : Politics : Activist/ political
- Vocation : Politics : Diplomat
- Vocation : Politics : Party Affiliation
- Vocation : Writers : Autobiographer
- Vocation : Writers : Biographer
- Vocation : Writers : Publisher/ Editor