Beat Ludwig Walthard
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Beat Ludwig Walthard (born September 26, 1743 in Lichtensteig ; † August 25, 1802 in Bern ) was a Swiss publisher.
Walthard was born as the son of pastor Ludwig Walthard and Maria Magdalena Kohler in Lichtensteig. He began studying theology in Bern. In 1765 Walthard married Juliana Margaritha Wetzel, from whom he divorced. His publishing activities began in 1763 with works by Friedrich Rudolph Ludwig von Canitz , Ewald Christian von Kleist , Gottlieb Wilhelm Rabener and Christian Ludwig von Hagedorn . From 1772 to 1788 he published the library for good taste book series with texts by Sophie von La Roche , Christoph Martin Wieland , Christian Fürchtegott Gellert , Johann Wolfgang Goethe and August Gottlieb Meißner .
His publications were richly illustrated with works by Samuel Hieronymus Grimm , Balthasar Anton Dunker , Marquard Wocher and Sigmund Freudenberger . After the French invasion of Bern in March 1798, he published the Bern Diary, a satirical newspaper against the occupiers and the Swiss authorities. The newspaper was banned in November of that year. In March 1799 Walthard continued the organ as Walthards Zeitung .
The gynecologist Max Walthard was his great-grandson.
literature
- Karl Max Walthard : The Bern publisher Beat Ludwig Walthard, 1743-1802. Bern 1956.
- Christoph Zürcher: Walthard [Walther], Beat Ludwig. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Beat Ludwig Walthard on http://www.zimmerleuten-bern.ch
- Literature by and about Beat Ludwig Walthard in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Walthard, Beat Ludwig |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Walther, Beat Ludwig |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 26, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lichtensteig |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1802 |
| Place of death | Bern |