Wilhelm Georg Rapp (1827–1907) was a JewishGerman American journalist, abolitionist, and newspaper editor. He was born in Lindau, Bavaria, but grew up in Baden.[1] As a student at University of Tübingen Rapp participated in the German revolution of 1848, and was imprisoned for a year for his activities. Upon his release Rapp lived in Switzerland, where he taught school before emigrating to the United States in 1852.
While in Washington, Rapp met with Abraham Lincoln, who offered him the position of postmaster general. Rapp declined, instead moving to Chicago to work for the Illinois Staats-Zeitung. In 1891, upon the death of his friend, chief editor Hermann Raster, Rapp accepted the position and stayed as editor until his death at age 80 as a result of a streetcar accident on February 28, 1907. He and his wife Gesine had three daughters: Emilie, Frida, and Mathilda, and a son, William Jr.
Rapp's grave
References
^"Wilhelm Rapp (Husband of Mdme. Schumann Heink)." Abendpost, 1 Mar. 1907.
Sources
Barbara Gant: Rapp, Wilhelm Georg. In: Neue Deutsche Biographie, vol. 21, Berlin 2003, pp. 153–154 (German)
External links
The Inventory of the Wilhelm Rapp Papers at the Newberry Library
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