Henry Boernstein
Henry Boernstein [in Europe, Heinrich Börnstein] (November 4, 1805 – September 10, 1892) was a German revolutionary who served as the publisher of the Anzeiger des Westens in St. Louis, Missouri, the oldest German newspaper west of the Mississippi River. He was also a political activist, author, soldier, actor and stage manager, and was briefly yet closely acquainted with Karl Marx during his tenure as publisher of the radical newspaper Vorwärts. He played a major role in keeping Missouri in the Union at the start of the Civil War.
Henry Boernstein | |
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Engraving from a photograph by Brown found in Edwards's Great West of 1860 | |
| United States Consul at Bremen | |
| In office 1861–1865 | |
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| Born | November 4, 1805 Hamburg |
| Died | September 10, 1892 (aged 86) Vienna |
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