Eduard Hänel
Eduard Hänel (born April 2, 1804 in Magdeburg , † December 16, 1856 in Berlin ) was a printer and type founder .
Eduard Hänel learned the art of printing in the business of his father Jakob Hänel and trained on trips, namely in Paris and London.
Having become familiar with the progress made by the French and English, he then introduced machines to promote work in his father's print shop, which he had taken over in 1824, and in 1828 brought the first Congreved printing machine ( high-speed press ) to Germany a. took great care in maintaining the color print.
In 1830 he founded a type foundry whose products he was particularly careful to give the printing press the means to remain competitive with the flourishing lithographic printing industry, for which purpose he created a large number of polytypes .
It was also Hänel who brought the first type casting machine, which had been invented in America by David Bruce, to Germany in 1844 in his type foundry in Berlin, where he had relocated his business in the first half of the 1930s. His printing house gained widespread fame for its skillful production of securities, his type foundry later passed to his colleague Wilhelm Gronau , who retired in 1885.
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| SURNAME | Hänel, Eduard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Book printer and type founder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1804 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Magdeburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1856 |
| Place of death | Berlin |