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| Format | Newspaper |
|---|---|
| Title, Analytic | Death of C. H. Boppe [Obituary from January 1899] |
| URL | https://mki.wisc.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/1100/2022/03/Death-of-C.H.-Boppe-Jan-1899-1.png |
| MKI Annotation | From Ward, Bio-Bibliography, 1985: Born June 21, 1842 [1841?] in Zug, Switzerland, died Jan. 12, 1899 in Milwaukee. Emigrated 1864 [1861?] to Newark, New Jersey. Edited radical newspapers, Newarker Post from Oct. 1874 to May 1875, from 1875-1877 the Freie Presse in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and the Freidenker in Milwaukee from 1877 to his death. . . Wrote poetry and socialist essays. Co-founder of the German-American Teachers' Seminary in Milwaukee. Rudolf Ruckner wrote a poem on him (p. 23, Freidenker Almanach, 1900) as did J. Heintz (p. 23, Amerikanischer Turner Kalender, 1900). |
| Abstract | C. Hermann Boppe was editor of the Milwaukee Freidenker and a leading member of the Turnverein; the Freidenker became the official paper of the North American Turnerbund due to his efforts. He was born in Switzerland in either 1841 or 1842, emigrated to the U.S. in either 1861 or 1864, and married Magdalena Schiess in 1889. Speakers at his funeral included Heinrich Huhn, Otto Soubron, Prof. W. H. Rosenstengel, and Emil Dapprich. |
| Call Number | MKI P2012-9 and digital file |
| MKI Terms | Obituaries/ Boppe, C. Hermann, 1841-1899/ Freethinkers/ Newspapers, German-American/ Milwaukee (Wis.)/ Swiss Americans — Wisconsin/ Socialism/ Turners |