Heinrich Beck (publisher, 1889)

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Carl Heinrich Beck (born February 28, 1889 in Nördlingen , † April 25, 1973 in Munich ) was a German publisher . He was the owner of the CH Beck'schen publishing house in Munich.

Life

He was the son of the secret commercial councilor and publisher Oscar Beck and his wife Hedwig nee Burger. His great-great-grandfather Carl Heinrich Beck was the founder of the publishing house in 1763. In the year of his birth, 1889, his father moved the publishing house from Nördlingen to Munich, so that Heinrich Beck grew up in the capital of Bavaria and attended the humanistic high school here. Heinrich Beck then studied at the University of Munich and later continued his studies in Paris, Berlin and Leipzig.

From 1914 to 1918 Heinrich Beck took part in the First World War. After his return from the field as first lieutenant in the reserve, he became a partner on December 22, 1919 and sole owner of his father's company on January 22, 1924. In 1924 he received his doctorate from the University of Munich to Dr. phil. The topic of his dissertation was: The popular education with Ernst Moritz Arndt .

In 1934 Heinrich Beck opened a second branch of the publishing house in the Reich capital Berlin , which existed there until 1967. After the end of the Second World War , a publishing branch was also opened in Frankfurt am Main .

Heinrich Beck joined the NSDAP in 1937 . He later justified this step by saying "to keep the traditional publishing house alive".

family

In 1929 Heinrich Beck married Eva Maria, the daughter of the ministerial director Ernst von Müller from Munich.

Honors

Fonts (selection)

  • Popular education with Ernst Moritz Arndt , Nuremberg: Sebaldus-Verlag, 1924.
  • (with other authors): The Rupprecht-Presse has already appeared in its thirty-five prints , Munich, 1926.
  • Three speeches. Ceremony for the 80th birthday of Heinrich Beck Dr. phil., Dr. jur. hc, Dr. phil. hc, presented by the employees of CH Beckschen Verlagsbuchhandlund and the Biederstein Verlag on February 28, 1969 in Munich , Munich, 1969.

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Heinrich Beck: Festschrift for the bicentenary of the CH Beck publishing house 1763–1963. Verlag CH Beck, Munich undated, p. 189.
personal data
SURNAME Beck, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Beck, Carl Heinrich (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1889
PLACE OF BIRTH Nordlingen
DATE OF DEATH April 25, 1973
Place of death Munich