Arthur R.G. Solmssen

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Arthur R.G. Solmssen
Born(1928-09-29)September 29, 1928
New York City, U.S.
DiedApril 23, 2018(2018-04-23) (aged 89)
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Occupation
  • Lawyer
  • novelist
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Pennsylvania
Children3, including Peter
RelativesGeorg Solmssen (uncle)

Arthur R.G. Solmssen (September 29, 1928 in New York City[1] – April 23, 2018, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania[2]) was an American lawyer and novelist.

History

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Arthur R.G. Solmssen spent his early childhood in Berlin, and his adolescence and later youth in the suburbs of Philadelphia.[1] His uncle was German banker Georg Solmssen, his ancestor was the German banker Joseph Mendelssohn. He studied at Harvard University, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1950, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he completed his law degree in 1953.[1] He was called to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1953 and commenced working as a lawyer in Philadelphia. His professional affiliation is Of Counsel to Saul Ewing LLP.[3]

Solmssen published several novels, the most famous of which is A Princess in Berlin (1980). Solmssen received the Athenaeum Literary Award for the novel.[4] A Princess in Berlin is a portrait of the early Weimar Republic, and has been the subject of multiple translations, such as Une princesse à Berlin, Éditions Robert Laffont, 1982. Solmssen's works are catalogued by the German National Library, among others.

The Comfort Letter, Solmssen's 1975 novel concerning ethics and assurances in public offerings, has been the subject of contemporary academic analysis in law.[5]

Solmssen was a Fellow of the Salzburg Global Seminar, with which he maintained an active association.[6]

He also wrote a book about German Luftwaffe pilot and general officer Ernst Udet.

Solmssen has three sons, Peter York Solmssen, Kurt A. Solmssen, and A.R.G. Solmssen Junior.

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Profile of Arthur Solmssen; www.acamedia.info.
  2. ^ "ARTHUR SOLMSSEN's Obituary on New York Times". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-07-08 – via Legacy.com.
  3. ^ Martindale Lawyer Profile; www.martindale.com
  4. ^ List of Athenaeum Award recipients Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine; www.philaathenaeum.org.
  5. ^ Richard W. Painter (University of Minnesota), "Irrationality and Cognitive Bias at a Closing in Arthur Solmssen's The Comfort Letter", 69 Fordham Law Review 1111 (2000) (Annual Ethics Symposium), reprinted in 34 Securities Law Review 285-311 (2002). Solmssen is also referenced by Richard H. Weisberg in "Wigmore and the Law and Literature Movement". Law and Literature 21:1 (Spring, 2009), 129-145; www.caliber.ucpress.net, with reference to John Wigmore.
  6. ^ See Memories of Salzburg: Evening Social for Salsburg Global Fellows; www.SalzburgGlobal.org. Archived from the original 2012-09-12.
  7. ^ Paperback edition by Hodder and Stoughton, 1970.
  8. ^ Paperback edition by Pocket Books, 1973.
  9. ^ Paperback editions by Ballantine Books, 1981; Penguin Books, 1982.
  10. ^ Paperback edition by Mill Creek Press, 2000.
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