FOLIO I · DENKER
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Attended the Viennese Schottengymnasium and passed the Matura (secondary-school leaving examination) in 1899; from the age of fourteen he had already been giving private tuition in Greek, mathematics and history.[2]
Earned his doctorate in 1904 at the Faculty of Law and Political Science of the University of Vienna under Carl Menger and Eugen von Philippovich. His fellow students included Joseph Schumpeter, Emil Lederer and Otto Bauer.[1]
Spent a period of study in 1904/1905 at the University of Berlin, where he met Gustav von Schmoller, Otto von Gierke and Max Weber.[2]
Joined the Anglo-Austrian Bank in Vienna as financial secretary (later assistant to the president) before moving to Berlin in 1909.[2]
Taught from 1910 to 1914 as a professor at the Hochschule für Staatswissenschaftliche Fortbildung (College for Advanced Studies in the Political Sciences) in Berlin.[5]
During the First World War, an economic and political adviser to the Central Powers; co-author of a memorandum by Max Weber against unrestricted submarine warfare.[6]
Became senior partner of the Zurich private banking house Blankart & Cie. in 1919. After the First World War he established himself as an independent banker and analyst.[1]
In 1930 he married the Austrian countess Mary (May) Demblin and converted to Catholicism.[2]
In 1940 he emigrated to the United States with his family. He taught as a visiting professor at American universities.[7]
Advised the US War Department on matters of international finance from 1941 to 1943.[1]
Earned his doctorate in 1904 at the Faculty of Law and Political Sciences of the University of Vienna under Carl Menger and Eugen von Philippovich.[1]
Somary was Philippovich's assistant at the University of Vienna in 1904-1906; Philippovich later arranged for him the post of assistant to the president at the Anglo-Österreichische Bank.[3]
Spent his student years in 1904/1905 at the University of Berlin, where he came to know Gustav von Schmoller, Otto von Gierke and Max Weber.[2]
Co-author of a memorandum by Max Weber against unrestricted submarine warfare during the First World War.[3]
Fellow student at the University of Vienna up to the time of his doctorate in 1904.
Fellow student at the University of Vienna up to the time of his doctorate in 1904.
Fellow student at the University of Vienna up to the time of his doctorate in 1904.[3]
Felix Somary in the context of the School as a whole — five generations, their teacher-student lineages, circles and collegial ties.
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