Moriz Benedikt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moriz Benedikt

Austrian newspaper editor

Date of Birth: 27-May-1849

Place of Birth: Moravia, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1920

Profession: journalist

Nationality: Austria

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Moriz Benedikt (sometimes spelled Moritz) (27 May 1849 – 18 March 1920), was a long-time editor of Neue Freie Presse and a powerful figure in Austrian politics and society. Raised in a Jewish family in Krasice, he was the magazine's subeditor from 1872 to 1880, then associate editor and editor-in-chief from 1908 to the day he died.The satirist Karl Kraus was a persistent critic of Benedikt ("the Lord of all Hyenas") and his paper, i.a., for their aggressive militaristic stance in the wake of World War I.He died in Vienna.