Benjamin Herder
Benjamin Ignaz Herder (born July 31, 1818 in Freiburg im Breisgau ; † November 10, 1888 there ) was a German publisher and the son of Bartholomä Herder , the founder of Herder-Verlag .
After high school, he learned the book trade with Gauthier de Laguionie in Paris and then studied at the University of Freiburg . After his father's death in 1839, he and his brother Karl Raphael Herder (1816–1865) took over the management of the publishing house. The brother was responsible for the commercial part, he was responsible for the content area. In 1856 his brother withdrew to take over the Bad Krankenheil bei Tölz , which gave him sole management. Initially, he published texts from all scientific areas, then changed the focus of the publishing program on theology, education, political history, art and literary history, all with a Catholic, conservative attitude and preserved this through the Kulturkampf. As a result of the reorientation, he gave up the area of map production and the art publishing house, and Rotteck's world history was also sold after the 14th edition.
Well-known works from his time include the first “ Church Lexicon ” by Heinrich Joseph Wetzer and Benedikt Welte (1841–1846), the “History of the Popes since the End of the Middle Ages up to 1799” by Ludwig von Pastor and, from 1853, the Conversation Lexicon in 5 Volumes that will later become the Great Herder . For the church lexicon he managed for the first time to bring together the leading Catholic scholars; these included Franz Anton Staudenmaier , Johann Baptist von Hirscher , Karl Joseph von Hefele , Josef Hergenröther , Franz Hettinger , Mathias Joseph Scheeben , John Janssen and Heinrich Denifle .
He also published magazines, some of which still exist today. B. Voices of the time since 1865 and the Roman quarterly for Christian antiquity and church history .
He expanded the company through a number of branches in Strasbourg (1867–1918), Munich (1873) and St. Louis (USA 1873). In 1886 he opened his own branch in Vienna with the name “B. Herders Verlag - Buch- und Kunsthandlung ”.
After his death in 1888, his son Hermann Herder (senior) took over the publishing business.
literature
- Friedrich von Weech : Herder, Benjamin . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 50, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1905, p. 226 f.
- Julius Dorneich: Herder, Benjamin. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , pp. 604 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Wolfgang Hug: Benjamin Herder and Hermann Herder the Elder. Double transformation of the Herder publishing house in the 19th century . In: Journal of the Breisgau history association Schau-ins-Land , 122nd year 2003, pp. 121-137
- König: Benjamin Herder , in: Badische Biographien , Part IV, pp. 175–177 ( digitized version )
- P. Albert Maria Weiß: Benjamin Herder. Fifty years of a spiritual liberation struggle . Herdersche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg 1889
Web links
- Herder's Conversations Lexicon
- Benjamin Herder , website of the publisher
Individual evidence
- ^ Schmidt: German booksellers. German printer at Zeno.org
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Herder, Benjamin |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Herder, Benjamin Ignaz (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, managing director of the Herder publishing group |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 31, 1818 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Freiburg in Breisgau |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 10, 1888 |
| Place of death | Freiburg in Breisgau |