Alfred von Hölder

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Alfred Ritter von Hölder (born August 14, 1835 in Wimpfen am Neckar , † January 3, 1915 in Vienna ) was an Austrian commercial advisor, court and university bookseller , publisher and kuk court supplier .

biography

Alfred Hölder had been in the book trade since 1850 and from 1858 he was the first assistant to the Beck'sche university bookstore in Vienna. After the death of the owner Friedrich Beck, he took over the management of the company in 1860, and in 1862 he married Beck's daughter. In 1863 he left the publishing part to Friedrich Beck junior and was only responsible for the assortment and commission business. Shortly afterwards, he founded his own publishing house for medical, scientific, educational and legal publications. In 1874 he became a university bookseller , in 1876 court bookseller and in 1905 bookseller of the Imperial Academy of Sciences .

Holder was in 1881 ennobled (Knights of Hölder). In 1911 he handed the company over to his son, who sold the bookstore to J. Pichler in 1920 and the publishing house to the Österreichische Industrie- und Handelsbank in 1921. By merging with the publishers Friedrich Tempsky and Anton Pichler's Witwe & Sohn, the publisher Hölder-Pichler-Tempsky was created .

Publications of the publisher Hölder

Page from volume 1 of the so-called “Kronprinzenwerk” (1886), operated by Alfred Hölders bookstore

In particular, Hölder published textbooks for universities and secondary schools as well as other teaching literature. The authors included:

At the beginning of the 20th century, medicine was also increasingly treated in works. One of the first works published by Hölder was Special Pathology and Therapy by Hermann Nothnagel , bound in 24 parts in 40 volumes, which appeared in 120, mostly extensive, sections. Also to be mentioned are:

  • Paul Heymann Handbook of Laryngology and Rhinology (4 volumes)
  • Julius Scheff : Handbook of Dentistry (2nd edition in 4 volumes)
  • Anton von Frisch , Otto Zuckerkandl : Handbook of Urology (3 volumes)
  • Moarek's Handbook of Skin Diseases (4 volumes)
  • the medical reference library , in over 11 volumes and numerous others.

The monumental work of 24 volumes published by Hölder also became famous: The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Words and Pictures ( Kronprinzenwerk ), which was created with the help of Crown Prince Rudolf .

Among the periodicals were of Hölders Publisher:

  • Treatises of the archaeological-epigraphic seminar of the University of Vienna , edited by Otto Benndorf and Eugen Bormann
  • Central paper for commercial education in Austria , published by Adolf Müller, since 1883
  • Annual books of the Austrian archaeological institute in Vienna
  • Austrian middle school. Statistical monthly , published by the kk statistical central commission
  • Tschermaks Mineralogische und Petrographische Mittheilungen , edited by Friedrich Becke
  • Journal for contemporary private and public law , edited by Carl Samuel Grünhut
  • Journal for secondary schools , edited by Emanuel Czuber , Adolf Bechtel Moriz Glöser
  • Journal for school geography , published by Anton Becker
  • Journal for the Customer of the Orient , published by Joseph von Karabacek , Müller and Leo Reinisch
  • The Austrian medical system
  • Social review
  • Wiener Entomologische Zeitung

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SURNAME Holder, Alfred von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hölder, Alfred Ritter von (full name); Hölder, Alfred (birth name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 14, 1835
PLACE OF BIRTH Wimpfen am Neckar
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1915
Place of death Vienna