Mandl was born in Vienna, Austria in 1856. He travelled to China in the 1870s. Having learned the Chinese language and customs after studying in Peking for two years, in 1880 he was employed by General Zuo Zongtang as an interpreter on a march across the Gobi Desert to Hami.[4]
Mandl died in Vienna on 6 March 1922.
Business interests
In the 1880s he set up his own company H.Mandl & Co., which represented European and American companies in China, including Krupp and Siemens.[1][5]
hermann, mandl, hermann, john, mandl, 1856, march, 1922, austrian, jewish, businessman, equestrian, collector, founded, mandl, bornhermann, john, mandl1856, 1856, vienna, austriadied6, march, 1922, 1922, aged, vienna, austriaoccupationbusinessmanknown, forh, m. Hermann John Mandl 1856 6 March 1922 was an Austrian Jewish businessman equestrian and art collector He founded H Mandl amp Co 1 2 3 Hermann MandlBornHermann John Mandl1856 1856 Vienna AustriaDied6 March 1922 1922 03 06 aged 65 66 Vienna AustriaOccupationBusinessmanKnown forH Mandl amp Co Contents 1 Personal life 2 Business interests 3 Equestrian 4 References 5 External linksPersonal life EditMandl was born in Vienna Austria in 1856 He travelled to China in the 1870s Having learned the Chinese language and customs after studying in Peking for two years in 1880 he was employed by General Zuo Zongtang as an interpreter on a march across the Gobi Desert to Hami 4 Mandl died in Vienna on 6 March 1922 Business interests EditIn the 1880s he set up his own company H Mandl amp Co which represented European and American companies in China including Krupp and Siemens 1 5 Equestrian EditIn 1900 he competed for Austria at the 1900 Summer Olympics although there isn t any official record of times and distances he competed in the equestrian events of jumping 6 high jump 7 and long jump 8 he also competed in the hacks and hunter combined event and mail coach event but these are not considered as Olympic Events 1 References Edit a b c Hermann Mandl bio Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 25 March 2017 Hermann Mandl Olympedia Retrieved 25 December 2020 Biography Hermann Mandl olympics com Retrieved January 5 2022 Across Eastern Gobi Science Moses King 1 2 48 1883 via Google Books Siemens History Site siemens com Retrieved 25 March 2017 Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games Mixed Jumping Individual Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 25 March 2017 Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games Mixed High Jump Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 25 March 2017 Equestrianism at the 1900 Paris Summer Games Mixed Long Jump Olympics at Sports Reference com Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 25 March 2017 External links EditHermann John Mandl at Olympedia This biographical article related to Austria equestrianism is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hermann Mandl amp oldid 1156609303, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
