{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Rudolph "Rudi" Bronner''' (27 September 1890 – 17 January 1960) was an Australian executive, National controller of talks for the Australian Broadcasting Commission (later Corporation).
==History== Bronner was the second son of Carl or Charles Bronner ( – 26 February 1944)<!--(who was the Charles Bronner of Norwood c. 1851 – 6 December 1903?)--> and his first wife Marian or Marion "Marie" Bronner née Schmidhauser (died 10 April 1903).<ref name=adb/> :Charles Bronner was born in Zürich, Switzerland and emigrated to South Australia with his wife in 1877. He joined the Education Department in 1880, taught at Melrose, Teatree Gully and Norwood before matriculating and qualifying for a Teacher's Certificate 1A. He then had charge of schools at Lyndoch and Laura. In 1896 Charles Bronner was appointed headmaster of Goodwood Primary (later Central) School, a post he held, on and off, for a total of 22 years.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article129114894 |title=Veteran Schoolmaster |newspaper=The News (Adelaide) |volume=XII |issue=1,790 |location=South Australia |date=11 April 1929 |accessdate=13 March 2019 |page=4 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> He married again, on 24 December 1907, to (Frances) May Shaw, née Hussey.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5120454 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Advertiser (Advertiser) |volume=L |issue=15,363 |location=South Australia |date=14 January 1908 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=6 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Charles had six children by Marian and two by May. Their home for many years was "Helvetia", Victoria Street, Goodwood. Bronner was born in Lyndoch and educated at St Peter's College and the University of Adelaide, where he graduated BA in 1912, then Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy and Social Sciences, and befriended Aldous Huxley. While in England he married Pauline Berkeley Bartels, also from Adelaide. He enlisted with the London Rifle Brigade on 26 April 1917 and served in Europe, where he was wounded but able to remain with his unit until cessation of hostilities.
On his return to Adelaide he lectured for the Workers' Educational Association then in 1921 was appointed assistant director of tutorial classes, University of Melbourne. In 1928 he moved to Germany, where at the University of Freiburg he studied under Professor Heussel<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article243974375 |title=Personal |newspaper=The Herald (Melbourne) |issue=15,795 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=2 January 1928 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=5 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and lectured as Reader in English,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35113385 |title=Influence of German Nationalism |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=15 June 1934 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and developed an abiding love of the German language and its literature.
Bronner returned to Adelaide in 1934,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article35117639 |title=Goering, Strong Man of Germany |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=3 July 1934 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and in September 1935 was appointed to the staff of the Australian Broadcasting Commission as assistant controller of talks, which became a National appointment in 1935<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article246586504 |title=A.B.C. Appointment |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |volume=5 |issue=197 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=3 October 1935 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=9 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and moved to Sydney,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article230174725 |title=Plans For New A.B.C. Regime |newspaper=The Sun (Sydney) |issue=1702 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=10 November 1935 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article17304086 |title=Cottage Homes on the Roof-Tops of Sydney |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |issue=30,917 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=4 February 1937 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=17 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> where in 1937 he was appointed Federal controller of broadcasts to schools, a function which had previously been State-based.
Bronner retired in 1955 and died after a series of strokes, and was cremated.<ref name=adb>{{cite book|author=Clement Semmler |title=Australian Dictionary of Biography: Bronner, Rudolph (Rudi) (1890–1960) |chapter=Bronner, Rudolph (Rudi) (1890–1960) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/bronner-rudolph-rudi-9589/text16901 |year=1993 |access-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>
==Family== Bronner married Pauline Berkeley "Pauli" Bartels (1894– ) in England on 7 April 1917. She was a daughter of Adolph Bartels, Adelaide businessman and mayor. They had one daughter: *Elizabeth Pauline Berkeley Bronner (1919– ) married Donald Malcolm Reid in Sydney on 6 August 1940. She held a pilot's licence at 18<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article247330520 |title=The Modern Miss... |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph (Sydney) |volume=II |issue=213 |location=New South Wales, Australia |date=25 November 1937 |accessdate=14 March 2019 |page=13 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Donald was a grandson of Adelaide businessman Malcolm Reid."elder son of Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm P. Reid. Marrayatville".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article142141653 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Australasian |volume=CXLIX |issue=4,778 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=27 July 1940 |accessdate=19 April 2024 |page=19 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article74448146 |title=Engagement Announced of |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |location=South Australia |date=28 June 1940 |access-date=19 April 2024 |page=26 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> Elizabeth and Donald had a daughter in 1943.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article48777650 |title=Family Notices |newspaper=The Advertiser (Adelaide) |volume=LXXXVI |issue=26580 |location=South Australia |date=13 December 1943 |accessdate=19 April 2024 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}} </ref>
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