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- Abel_Seyler abstract "Abel Seyler (23 August 1730, Liestal – 25 April 1801, Rellingen) was a Swiss-born banker, who later became one of the great theatre principals of 18th century Europe. He was \"the leading patron of German theatre\" in his lifetime, and is credited with introducing Shakespeare to a German language audience, and with promoting the concept of a national theatre in the tradition of Ludvig Holberg, the Sturm und Drang playwrights, and German opera.The son of a Basel calvinist priest and descended from many of the city's leading patrician families, Seyler came to Northern Germany where he became a wealthy merchant and banker in Hamburg, who achieved notoriety for his speculation with financial instruments. After speculating heavily on currency debasement during the Seven Years' War, his company Seyler & Tillemann went spectacularly bankrupt with enormous debts, but he nevertheless retained a portion of his fortune. His great passion was the theatre, and he used his remaining funds to finance and effectively head the Hamburgische Entreprise—also known as the Hamburg National Theatre—employing Lessing as the world's first dramaturg. In 1769, he founded the Seyler Theatre Company, which became one of the most famous theatre companies of Europe during the period 1769–79 and regarded as \"the best theatre company in Germany at that time.\" He commissioned works such as Sturm und Drang by Klinger (which gave its name to the era), Ariadne auf Naxos by Benda and Alceste by Schweitzer, considered \"the first serious German opera.\" Seyler became a freemason in London in 1753 and was a central figure in German freemasonry until his death.In his first marriage to Sophie Elisabeth Andreae, Seyler had three children, among them the Hamburg banker L.E. Seyler, the senior partner of Berenberg Bank for half a century, who married into the Hanseatic Berenberg/Gossler banking dynasty, and Sophie Seyler, who married the Sturm und Drang poet Johann Anton Leisewitz, the author of Julius of Tarent. His children were raised by his brother in law, the noted natural scientist J.G.R. Andreae. In his second marriage, Abel Seyler was married to Friederike Sophie Seyler, Germany's leading actress of the second half of the 18th century and the author of the opera Oberon, which inspired The Magic Flute. The principal founder of biochemistry and molecular biology Felix Hoppe-Seyler was an adopted son of his grandson. Abel Seyler was named for his great-grandfather, the Basel politician Abel Socin, who belonged to the Italian noble Socin family.".
- Abel_Seyler birthDate "1730-08-23".
- Abel_Seyler birthPlace Liestal.
- Abel_Seyler birthPlace Switzerland.
- Abel_Seyler birthYear "1730".
- Abel_Seyler child Johann_Anton_Leisewitz.
- Abel_Seyler child Ludwig_Erdwin_Seyler.
- Abel_Seyler deathDate "1801-04-25".
- Abel_Seyler deathPlace Denmark–Norway.
- Abel_Seyler deathPlace Rellingen.
- Abel_Seyler deathYear "1801".
- Abel_Seyler knownFor Bank.
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- Abel_Seyler nationality Swiss_people.
- Abel_Seyler religion Calvinism.
- Abel_Seyler residence Dresden.
- Abel_Seyler residence Frankfurt.
- Abel_Seyler residence Gotha.
- Abel_Seyler residence Hamburg.
- Abel_Seyler residence Hanover.
- Abel_Seyler residence Leipzig.
- Abel_Seyler residence Liestal.
- Abel_Seyler residence Mannheim.
- Abel_Seyler residence Rellingen.
- Abel_Seyler residence Schleswig,_Schleswig-Holstein.
- Abel_Seyler residence Weimar.
- Abel_Seyler spouse Friederike_Sophie_Seyler.
- Abel_Seyler stateOfOrigin Swiss_people.
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- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink Friederike_Sophie_Seyler.
- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink Friedrich_Ludwig_Schröder.
- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink Friedrich_Maximilian_Klinger.
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- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink George_III_of_the_United_Kingdom.
- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink Gotha.
- Abel_Seyler wikiPageWikiLink Gotthold_Ephraim_Lessing.
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