professor of German philology at Vienna University in 1892, became an associate professor in 1900 and was a full professor from 1906 until 1934, and from 1919 also a member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. A third son, Emil Jellinek (1853–1918), was an automobile entrepreneur, whose daughter Mercedes inspired the brand name of Mercedes Benz. His daughter Paula Jellinek married a lawyer, Dr. Jur. Heinrich Wechsberg and was the aunt of psychiatrist Erwin Wexberg. A brother of Adolf, Hermann Jellinek (born 1823), was executed at the age of 26 on account of his association with the Hungarian national movement of 1848. One of Hermann Jellinek's best-known works was Uriel Acosta. Another brother, Moritz Jellinek (1823–1883), was an accomplished economist, and contributed to the Academy of Sciences essays on the price of cereals and on the statistical organization of the country. He founded the Budapest tramway company (1864) and was also president of the corn exchange. References A. J.: Gedächtnißrede auf die im letzten Kriege gefallenen Soldaten israelitischer Religion (Vienna: Herzfeld & Bauer, 1867) David Bakan, Sigmund Freud and the Jewish Mystical Tradition (D. Van Nostrand Company, 1958). External links Encyclopedia Britannica: "Adolf Jellinek: European Jewish rabbi and scholar" Jewish Encyclopedia: "Jellinek" by Adolph Kurrein, Max Weisz, Frederick Haneman, Ludwig Venetianer, and Isidore Singer (1906). Beth ha-Midrasch at Google Books Digitized works by Adolf Jellinek at the Leo Baeck Institute, New York 1821 births 1893 deaths Austro-Hungarian rabbis 19th-century Czech people Czech Reform rabbis Austrian Reform rabbis Chief rabbis of Vienna Chief rabbis of Austria Austrian expatriates in Germany Czech expatriates in Germany People from Uherské Hradiště District Moravian rabbis