Bruno Hauff (publisher)
Bruno Hauff (born February 16, 1884 in Okollo , Bromberg district, † September 9, 1963 in Stuttgart ) was a German publisher .
Hauff was born the son of a Reichsbahn secretary. He came to Georg-Thieme-Verlag as a partner in 1919 through the BG Teubner publishing house in Leipzig, Julius Springer in Berlin and Rudolf Oldenbourg in Munich . After Georg Thieme's death in 1925, he became a personally liable partner and brought the publishing house to international prominence. The destruction of the war led to the escape from Leipzig after the end of the Second World War. In 1946 he rebuilt the publishing house in Stuttgart.
The Medical Faculty of the University of Frankfurt am Main awarded Hauff the title of Dr. med. hc 1957 he became honorary senator of the University of Freiburg .
literature
- Heinz Köbcke: Hauff, Bruno. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 8, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1969, ISBN 3-428-00189-3 , p. 86 f. ( Digitized version ).
- Hauff, Bruno, publisher . In: Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia (DBE) . 2., revised. and extended edition. tape 4 : Görres – Hittorp . De Gruyter / KG Saur, Berlin / Boston / Munich 2006, ISBN 3-11-094654-8 , p. 498 ( books.google.de - limited preview).
Individual evidence
- ^ Gisela Hack-Molitor: The honorary doctorate of the publisher Bruno Hauff in Frankfurt am Main as Dr. med. in 1931 and the place cards for the doctor's feast drawn by Willi Geiger. Kontur-Verlag, Münster 2014, ISBN 978-3-944998-03-9 .
- ↑ Honorary Senators of the University of Freiburg .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hauff, Bruno |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Okollo , Bromberg district |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 9, 1963 |
| Place of death | Stuttgart |