Friedrich Maass
Friedrich Otto Maass (born October 19, 1826 in Nordhausen , Province of Saxony , Kingdom of Prussia ; † January 9, 1896 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary ) was an Austrian printer .
Life
Friedrich Otto Maass was born on October 19, 1826 in the town of Nordhausen in the province of Saxony in the Kingdom of Prussia. After attending grammar school in Nordhausen, he worked as an apprentice and assistant at various booksellers and music dealers. With the start of the March Revolution of 1848 had Maass, who in contumaciam to 20 years imprisonment was sentenced to flee and then led an eventful life before it in 1865. Vienna , which is still part of this time the Empire of Austria was settled and settled down. After opening a so-called advertising bureau in Vienna , he set up a printing press in 1871 . Above all, the cooperation with Lorenz von Stein and with the authorities of the transport sector led to the rapid rise of the printing press. Until the interwar period, the administration and printing of various official gazettes was carried out by Friedrich Maass' printer. Maass died on January 9, 1896 at the age of 69 in Vienna, where he spent the last 30 years of his life.
Web links
- Maass, Friedrich. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 5, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 1972, p. 384.
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| SURNAME | Maass, Friedrich |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Maass, Friedrich Otto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian book printer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 19, 1826 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordhausen , Province of Saxony, Kingdom of Prussia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1896 |
| Place of death | Vienna , Austria-Hungary |