Georg Wilhelm Zapf
Georg Wilhelm Zapf (born March 28, 1747 in Nördlingen , † December 29, 1810 in Biburg near Diedorf ) was a German historian and bibliographer .
The craftsman's son was a clerk in Aalen from 1765 to 1770 and a notary in Augsburg from 1773 to 1786 . In 1784 he became Hohenlohe Privy Councilor, 1786 Electoral Mainz Privy Councilor and Imperial Court Palatinate Count . From 1786 he lived as a private scholar on his estate in Biburg. In 1808 he was accepted as a foreign member of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences .
As a bibliographer he researched the history of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries on several trips and owned a large private library himself . Over 4,000 letters have survived from his learned correspondence.
Zapf published numerous writings mainly on historical topics.
literature
- Albert Schlagbauer: Zapf, Georg Wilhelm. (In: Rieser Biographien , edited by Albert Schlagbauer and Wulf-Dietrich Kavasch, Verlag des Verein Rieser Kulturtage e.V., Nördlingen 1993, p. 461)
- Theodor Schön: Zapf, Georg Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 44, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1898, p. 693 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Wilhelm Zapf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Augsburg city dictionary
- Correspondence overview
- Georg Wilhelm Zapf in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zapf, Georg Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bibliographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 28, 1747 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nordlingen |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 29, 1810 |
| Place of death | Biburg (Diedorf) |