# Rudolph Bronner

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'''Rudolph "Rudi" Bronner''' (27 September 1890 – 17 January 1960) was an Australian executive, National controller of talks for the [Australian Broadcasting Commission](/source/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](/source/Z%C3%BCrich), Switzerland and emigrated to South Australia with his wife in 1877. He joined the Education Department in 1880, taught at [Melrose](/source/Melrose%2C_South_Australia), [Teatree Gully](/source/Teatree_Gully%2C_South_Australia) and [Norwood](/source/Norwood%2C_South_Australia) before matriculating and qualifying for a Teacher's Certificate 1A. He then had charge of schools at [Lyndoch](/source/Lyndoch%2C_South_Australia) and [Laura](/source/Laura%2C_South_Australia). In 1896 Charles Bronner was appointed headmaster of [Goodwood Primary (later Central) School](/source/Goodwood_Primary_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)](/source/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)](/source/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](/source/St_Peter's_College%2C_Adelaide) and the [University of Adelaide](/source/University_of_Adelaide), where he graduated BA in 1912, then Balliol College, Oxford, where he read Philosophy and Social Sciences, and befriended [Aldous Huxley](/source/Aldous_Huxley). While in England he married Pauline Berkeley Bartels, also from Adelaide.
He enlisted with the [London Rifle Brigade](/source/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](/source/Workers'_Educational_Association) then in 1921 was appointed assistant director of tutorial classes, [University of Melbourne](/source/University_of_Melbourne).
In 1928 he moved to Germany, where at the [University of Freiburg](/source/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)](/source/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)](/source/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)](/source/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)](/source/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)](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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)](/source/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)](/source/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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