Rudolph Lexow was a German-American writer and editor.

Biography

Lexow graduated from the University of Kiel

University of Kiel

The University of Kiel is a university in the city of Kiel, Germany. It was founded in 1665 as the Academia Holsatorum Chiloniensis by Christian Albert, Duke of Holstein-Gottorp and has approximately 23,000 students today...

 and was active in the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany. He fled to England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, where he married Caroline King in Hull

Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull , usually referred to as Hull, is a city and unitary authority area in the ceremonial county of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. It stands on the River Hull at its junction with the Humber estuary, 25 miles inland from the North Sea. Hull has a resident population of...

, and then traveled on to the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, where he settled in New York City and founded the Belletristisches Journal in 1852.

Family

Rudolph and Caroline Lexow were the parents of New York City attorney Charles King Lexow

Charles K. Lexow

Charles K. Lexow was the Commissioner of Supreme Court Records and the oldest Republican District Leader in New York City in 1928 when he died.-Biography:...

, New York state senator Clarence Lexow

Clarence Lexow

Clarence Lexow was a member of the New York Senate from 1894 to 1898.-Biography:He was born on September 16, 1852, in Brooklyn, New York City. His father was Rudolph Lexow who was born in Germany. His mother was born in England and had died prior to 1880. His siblings include: Charles K...

, Allan Lexow and Rudolph G. Lexow.

Works

He wrote histories of the American Civil War

American Civil War

The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...

and of the Revolutions of 1848 in Germany.

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