Frederick Feigl

{{short description|American publisher}}

Frederick Feigl (August 24, 1863 − 10 December 1933) was a German-American publisher and a military officer.{{Cite news|title = Col. Fred Feigl, publisher, dies|date = 11 December 1933|work = New York Times|page = 19}} He was the publisher of The Tammany Times (later renamed The Political Review), a weekly magazine which carried various departments such as social news and a women's section, but was primarily devoted to the defense of Tammany Hall.{{Cite book|title = A History of American Magazines, Volume 4|last = Mott|first = Frank Luther|publisher = Harvard University Press|year = 1957|location = Boston|pages = 170}}

Feigl was born in Bethnal Green, London,England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915 to Austrian-German parents, 1880 United States Federal Census He emigrated to the United States in 1871 as a German citizen but returned to England.1920 United States Federal CensusU.S. Naturalization Record Indexes, 1791-1992 (Indexed in World Archives Project) He was likely the Frederick Feigl admitted to the Westminster Jews Free School in May 1875, when it was noted his previous school was in the United States.London, England, School Admissions and Discharges, 1840-1911 In 1887, he returned to the United States.1910 United States Federal Census

He moved to Texas, and became a reporter on The Houston Post, moving to New York in 1892. He became managing editor of Texas Siftings, a humor magazine. In 1898, he married Jane Mauldin.

He enlisted with the Texas National Guard and saw service with the Texas Rangers on the Mexican frontier.{{Cn|date=November 2022}} In World War I he became chief of the Bureau of Special Service, a branch of the New York city police that arrested people considered disloyal.{{Cn|date=November 2022}} His son, Jeff Feigl, was the first American artillery officer killed in World War I.