Albert Hoffmann (journalist)

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Albert Hoffmann (* around 1858; † October 26, 1894 in Berlin ) was a German specialist writer and editor in charge of the paper newspaper .

Life

Hoffmann, who died at the young age of only 36, had developed an internationally valued technical and drawing skill. His "nimble pen" was emphasized in obituaries . In his short phase of life he worked for almost all specialist journals before he took on the role of editor in charge of the paper newspaper published by Carl Hofmann .

Hoffmann, who knew how to combine theory and practice in a skilful manner, had made a special contribution to the systematic development of the accident rate . In the specialist literature he wrote instructive treatises , for example 1882 to 1885 in the Journal für Buchdruckerkunst and from 1883 to 1885 in the Archive for Buchdruckerkunst .

In 1893 Hoffmann published a second edition together with Ernst Wentscher with 250 illustrations on the subjects of typewriters and copying machines .

In the last two years of his life, Hoffmann had ceased his work in the technical literary field "due to the effects of an insidious ailment."

Fonts (selection)

  • Albert Hoffmann, Ernst Wentscher: Typewriters. In addition to the appendix: Reproduction of the typescript , special print from the Papier-Zeitung year 1892, No. 80–97, Berlin: Verlag der Papier-Zeitung 1893

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Typographische Jahrbücher , Volume 15 (year 1894), p. Xiv; Preview over google books
  2. ^ Died , in: Österreichisch-Ungarische Buchdrucker-Zeitung , number 45 of November 8, 1894, annual overview, p. 502; Digitized via the ANNO - AustriaN Newspapers Online portal of the Austrian National Library
  3. ^ Albert Haemmerle :  Hofmann, Carl. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 9, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1972, ISBN 3-428-00190-7 , p. 444 ( digitized version ).
  4. ^ A b Archive for Book Printing and Related Business Branches , Volume 32, Leipzig: Alexander Waldow, 1895, p. 65; Preview over google books
  5. ^ Centralblatt für Bibliothekswesen , Volume 18, Otto Harrassowitz, 1901, p. 72; Preview over google books
personal data
SURNAME Hoffmann, Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author, editor-in-chief of the paper newspaper
DATE OF BIRTH around 1858
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 1894
Place of death Berlin