Riess, Curt, 1902-1993

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Name (Latin)
Riess, Curt, 1902-1993
Other forms of name
Riess-Steinam, Curt, 1902-1993
Riess, Kurt, 1902-1993
Steinam, Curt Riess-, 1902-1993
Riess, Curt, 1902-
Date of birth
1902-06-21
Date of death
1993-05-13
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF: 22227414
Wikidata: Q92210
Library of congress: n 80162819
Sources of Information
  • LCN ; death date from website
Wikipedia description:

Curt Martin Riess (June 21, 1902 – May 13, 1993) was a German journalist and writer. Reiss was born of Jewish-German origins in Wurzburg, Germany, and later fled in 1933 to Paris, France not long after Adolf Hitler was appointed chancellor in 1933. Riess received his higher education in Berlin, Munich, Heidelberg, Zurich and Paris, with an emphasis on literature and economics. He was the grandfather of the 2011 Nobel laureate in Physics, Adam Riess, and of psychiatrist Gail Saltz.

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