Felix von Bressensdorf
Erwin Hermann Felix Bresselau von Bressensdorf (born May 17, 1876 in Leipzig , † November 8, 1955 in Starnberg ) was a German publisher .
Life
The son of the businessman Clemens von Bressensdorf (1846-1935) and his wife Marie, née Beckmann (1857-1944), attended the royal high school in his hometown from Easter 1891 to Easter 1896 , which he left with the school leaving certificate. He then studied philosophy in Munich , Berlin and Leipzig and then joined the Leipzig art print company Wetzel & Naumann, which was founded in 1872, as a bookseller and authorized signatory .
In 1908 he founded with Paul List the Geographical Verlagsanstalt List and v. Bressensdorf , which developed into one of the leading German school book publishers , especially through the publication of wall maps , atlases , geographic textbooks and learning books . One of its lead authors was the geographer Heinrich Harms .
Until his death, Felix von Bressensdorf was a member of the board of directors at Paul List Verlag , which the publisher's son, Dr. Paul Walter List (1899–1989), headed.
literature
- Paul Walter List: Annual Rings. The life of a publisher , List, Munich 1982.
- Joachim Burckas: List, Paul. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 14, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1985, ISBN 3-428-00195-8 , p. 692 f. ( Digitized version ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ König Albert-Gymnasium (Royal High School until 1900) in Leipzig: Student album 1880-1904 / 05, Friedrich Gröber, Leipzig 1905.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bressensdorf, Felix von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bressensdorf, Erwin Hermann Felix Bresselau von (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 17, 1876 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leipzig |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 8, 1955 |
| Place of death | Starnberg |