About Edmund Kirsch
Lived 1866 – 1954 (aged 87). Edmund Kirsch was a Czech businessperson, linguist and translator.
Edmund Kirsch (16 November 1866 – 18 January 1954) was a Czech businessman and translator.
Life Edmund Kirsch was born in Brno on 16 November 1866. His father was managing director in one textile factory in Moscow. After graduating from textile school in Brno he was invited by his uncle Edmund Pintner to get practice in the textile factory of Vonwiller & Co. in Žamberk.
By the end of the 1870s he had studied at college in Denmark. Besides Czech language and Danish language he spoke German, English, French and Russian. After graduating in Denmark he returned to Žamberk in 1885.
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Who was Edmund Kirsch?
Czech entrepreneur
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Edmund Kirsch was born on 16 November 1866 in Brno.
When did Edmund Kirsch die?
Edmund Kirsch died on 18 January 1954 in Prague.
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Edmund Kirsch was a businessperson, linguist and translator.
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Edmund Kirsch was Czech.
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