About Ernst Dohm
Lived 1819 – 1883 (aged 63). Ernst Dohm was a German linguist, translator, actor, writer, editing staff and stage actor.
Friedrich Wilhelm Ernst (or Ernest) Dohm (born Elias Levy Dohm; also known by his pseudonym Karlchen Mießnick; 24 May 1819, Breslau – 5 February 1883, Berlin) was a German editor, actor, and translator.
He was Jewish and a convert to Christianity. He married the feminist Hedwig Dohm and had five children: Hans Ernst Dohm (1854–1866) (Gertrud) Hedwig (Anna) Dohm (1855–1942), married to the Jewish scientist Alfred Pringsheim Ida Marie Elisabeth Dohm (1856–?) Marie Pauline Adelheid Dohm (1858–?) Eva Dohm (1860–?)
He became a grandfather of the musician Klaus Pringsheim Sr. and Katharina "Katia" Pringsheim, the wife of Thomas Mann. He was a chief-editor of Kladderadatsch, a satirical magazine founded in 1848, until 1849.
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Who was Ernst Dohm?
German actor (1819–1883)
When was Ernst Dohm born?
Ernst Dohm was born on 24 May 1819 in Wrocław.
When did Ernst Dohm die?
Ernst Dohm died on 5 February 1883 in Berlin.
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Ernst Dohm was a linguist, translator, actor, writer, editing staff and stage actor.
What nationality was Ernst Dohm?
Ernst Dohm was German.
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