Personal Life and Education
Richard Abegg was the son of Wilhelm Abegg and Margarete Friedenthal. He had a brother, Wilhelm Abegg, who went on to be the Prussian Secretary of State. After attending Wilhelm High School in Berlin, Abegg studied organic chemistry at the University of Kiel and the University of Tübingen. He then attended the University of Berlin, from which he received his doctorate under August Wilhelm von Hofmann. In 1895, he married Line Simon, who became also a ballooning enthusiast.
Abegg occupied himself with photography and balloon trips. He was the founder and chairperson of the Silesian Club for Aeronautics in Breslau. Furthermore, he practiced an assessor's function in the presidency of the German Air Sailors' Association.
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