Draft:Roderick Rombauer
R. E. Rombauer, Roderick E. Rombauer and Roderick Emil Rombauer
Roderick Emile Rombauer (May 9, 1833-1924) lawyer and judge in St. Louis, Missouri.[1]
He was born in Seleszto (Szeleste). He and three brothers fought in the Hungarian War of Independence. His father was a Slovak.[2] (He was from a Hungarian family)
He delivered a poem at a ceremony on Memorial Day 1870.[3]
He married a daughter of Gustavus Koerner and had six children.[1]
Rombauer, Missouri is named for him.
Writings[edit]
- A Model Charge to a Jury: Delivered Before the High Court of the Legion of Honor of St. Louis: In a Mock Trial for Breach of Promise of Marriage by Presiding Judge R.E. Rombauer in May 1888.
- "About Taxation and Some Other Matters; Report of the Equal Taxation Committee of the St. Louis Single Tax League", co-author
- "Ecce Heros" (1915)[4]
- The History of a Life (1903), a memoir
References[edit]
- ^ a b Chamberlain, Joshua Lawrence (1900). "Universities and Their Sons: History, Influence and Characteristics of American Universities, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Alumni and Recipients of Honorary Degrees".
- ^ Jr, Miloslav Rechcigl (14 December 2021). Notable Czech and Slovak Americans. AuthorHouse. ISBN 978-1-6655-4372-9.
- ^ "From the Stacks: 1870 Memorial Day Oration". 30 May 2011.
- ^ Rombauer, Roderick Emile (1915). Ecce Heros.