Frederick Feigl (August 24, 1863 − 10 December 1933) was a German-American publisher and a military officer.[1] He was the publisher of The Tammany Times (later renamed The Political Review), a weekly magazine which carried various departments such as social news and a women's section, but was primarily devoted to the defense of Tammany Hall.[2][1]
Feigl was born in Bethnal Green, London,[3] to Austrian-German parents,[4] He emigrated to the United States in 1871 as a German citizen but returned to England.[5][6] He was likely the Frederick Feigl admitted to the Westminster Jews Free School in May 1875, when it was noted his previous school was in the United States.[7] In 1887, he returned to the United States.[8]
He moved to Texas, and became a reporter on The Houston Post, moving to New York in 1892. He became managing editor of Texas Siftings, a humor magazine. In 1898, he married Jane Mauldin.[1]
He enlisted with the Texas National Guard and saw service with the Texas Rangers on the Mexican frontier.[citation needed] In World War I he became chief of the Bureau of Special Service, a branch of the New York city police that arrested people considered disloyal.[citation needed] His son, Jeff Feigl, was the first American artillery officer killed in World War I.[1]
Footnotes
edit- ^ a b c d "Col. Fred Feigl, publisher, dies". New York Times. 11 December 1933. p. 19.
- ^ Mott, Frank Luther (1957). A History of American Magazines, Volume 4. Boston: Harvard University Press. p. 170.
- ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915
- ^ 1880 United States Federal Census
- ^ 1920 United States Federal Census
- ^ U.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project)
- ^ London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911
- ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
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