Georg Ernst (publisher)

Georg Ernst (born February 16, 1880 in Berlin ; † December 31, 1950 ibid) was a German publisher in the Ernst & Sohn publishing house for building technology.

He was the son of the publishing director of Wilhelm Ernst und Sohn (formerly Ernst & Kohn , founded by Wilhelm Ernst and Heinrich Korn in Berlin in 1851) Georg Eberhard Ernst (1852-1902), the son of the publisher's founder Wilhelm Ernst (1814-1894). His mother Erselia Salerni was a native Italian. After the death of his father in 1902, Georg Ernst took over the management of the publishing house in coordination with his brothers. This also included a printer and the Gropius bookstore. Georg Ernst put the publishing house in a leading position by working with the pioneer of reinforced concrete Friedrich von Emperger at the beginning of the 20th century to develop this material, which revolutionized construction technology. In 1904 the magazine Beton und Eisen (later Beton- und Stahlbetonbau ), founded by Emperger in Vienna in 1901, was taken over, in 1905 the concrete calendar (also created on Emperger's initiative) and in 1908 the manual for reinforced concrete construction appeared. From 1910 the booklet of the German Committee for Reinforced Concrete (at that time still reinforced concrete) was added. In 1923 the first edition of the construction technology appeared and in 1928 of Stahlbau (as a supplement to construction technology and from 1952 independently).

In 1925 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from TH Danzig .

literature

Karl-Eugen Kurrer : The History of the Theory of Structures. Searching for Equilibrium , Ernst & Sohn 2018, p. 993 (biography), ISBN 978-3-433-03229-9 .

Remarks

↑ Wilhelm Ernst acquired the Reimarus Verlag and the Gropiussche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Berlin, Potsdam) in 1850. Heinrich Korn brought in a printing company, but left the publishing house in 1880. When Georg Eberhard Ernst joined in 1891, the publishing house was named Wilhelm Ernst and Son. From 1851 you published the construction journal of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works and the Berlin Architects' Association, followed by the architecture journal Architectural Sketchbook . In addition, they published the engineering pocketbook of the association Die Hütte (founded in 1846 at the Royal Trade Academy), which was very widely used and was one of the most important engineering manuals of the time. In 1881 the Zentralblatt für Bauverwaltung was added and in 1899 the preservation of monuments .

personal data
SURNAME	Ernst, Georg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	February 16, 1880
PLACE OF BIRTH	Berlin
DATE OF DEATH	December 31, 1950
Place of death	Berlin

[1] Wilhelm Ernst acquired the Reimarus Verlag and the Gropiussche Buch- und Kunsthandlung (Berlin, Potsdam) in 1850. Heinrich Korn brought in a printing company, but left the publishing house in 1880. When Georg Eberhard Ernst joined in 1891, the publishing house was named Wilhelm Ernst and Son. From 1851 you published the construction journal of the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Public Works and the Berlin Architects' Association, followed by the architecture journal Architectural Sketchbook . In addition, they published the engineering pocketbook of the association Die Hütte (founded in 1846 at the Royal Trade Academy), which was very widely used and was one of the most important engineering manuals of the time. In 1881 the Zentralblatt für Bauverwaltung was added and in 1899 the preservation of monuments .