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Egmont von Hosstrup (born 1 October 1813 in
Egmont von Hosstrup (born 1 October 1813 in Hamburg
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, died 1876) was a German publisher, theatre director and head of the Hamburger Börsenhalle.
He was the son of Gerhard von Hosstrup
Gerhard Carsten Jakob von Hosstrup (or Hoßtrup) (born 23 April 1771 in Hamburg, died 7 September 1851) was a Hamburg businessman and the founder of the Hamburg Stock Exchange building (Hamburger Börsenhalle). He became ''Oberalter'' in 1843.
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(1771–1851) and Sophie Henriette Elisabeth (Betty) Seyler (1789–1837), a granddaughter of Abel Seyler
Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1800, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born theatre director and former merchant banker, who was regarded as one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He played a pivotal role in the dev ...
, and studied law in Göttingen and Heidelberg, earning a Doctor of Laws degree at Heidelberg in 1836. In 1845 he married Luise Auguste Thesdorp, a step-daughter of the Hamburg lawyer with the supreme court (''Obergerichtsadvokat'') A. Stulmann. After the death of his father, he became director of the Hamburger Börsenhalle. He was the publisher of ''Liste der Börsenhalle'' and ''Literarische und Kritische Blätter der Börsenhalle''.Hans Schröder: Lexikon der hamburgischen Schriftsteller bis zur Gegenwart, Bd. 3, Hamburg 1857, Nr. 1714
He was a cousin of Johann Ernst Pinckernelle, founder of the Hamburg ship broker company G. & J. E. Pinckernelle.
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