Anton Bettelheim
Anton Bettelheim (November 18, 1851 in Vienna – March 29, 1930 in Vienna) was an Austrian critic and journalist. Life and career. He was born to a Jewish family and studied law, and for some time was engaged in active practise, but abandoned the profession for a literary career. Although he had received his degree of "doctor of law", he attended the lectures of Giesebrecht and Michael Bernays at Munich on literary subjects. Fired by the eloquence and enthusiasm of the latter, he undertook the study of Beaumarchais' life and writings, and, to this end, resolved to make original  investigations in the libraries of London, Paris, The Hague, Carlsruhe, and Spain. After an extended tour through Germany, France, England, and Spain, Bettelheim became, in 1880, the feuilleton editor of the Vienna ""Presse"". He retained this position until 1884, when he became editor of the ""Deutsche Wochenschrift"". In 1886, he joined the editorial staff of the ""Deutsche Zeitung"", which position he resigned shortly after to publish the ""Biographische Blätter"", subsequently issued as ""Biographisches Jahrbuch und Deutscher Nekrolog"". Bettelheim was married to the writer and graphic Helene Bettelheim-Gabillon (1857–1946), a daughter of the actors-couple "Ludwig" (1828–1896)and "Zerline" (1834–1892) "Gabillon