Heinrich Vieweg

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Heinrich Vieweg

Hans Heinrich Rudolf Vieweg (born February 11, 1826 in Braunschweig ; † February 3, 1890 ibid) was a German publisher and bookseller and the third owner of Vieweg Verlag .

education

Heinrich Vieweg was the son of the publisher Eduard Vieweg (1797–1869) and his wife Luise geb. Campe († 1888) and grandson of the publisher's founder Friedrich Vieweg . Heinrich attended grammar school in Braunschweig until Easter 1843 and was trained as a bookseller in his father's publishing house.

He then worked for three years in the literary and artistic establishment of the J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung in Munich , headed by Rudolf Oldenbourg , and studied natural sciences in Heidelberg for two years, where he became acquainted with the pathologist Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle , among others . In 1850 he joined the Brunswick Hussar Regiment as a one year old volunteer. After traveling through England, Austria and Italy, he rounded off his publishing knowledge in the winter of 1852/53 with F. A. Brockhaus in Leipzig.

Life as a publisher

In 1853 Heinrich Vieweg became a partner in his father's publishing house and married Helene nee on May 30, 1855. Brockhaus. After his father's stroke in 1866, he took over the entire publishing house. Vieweg rebuilt the publishing house, the Vieweg-Haus in Braunschweig, expanded the paper factory in Lehr-Wendhausen and, like his father, maintained the scientific publishing program.

While his father was politically active, Heinrich Vieweg built up an extensive collection of art treasures of all kinds with considerable financial outlay. To this end, he also undertook extensive trips, including a. with the natural scientist Theodor von Heuglin deep into Africa. He was also interested in fish farming in Germany and Austria.

Death and succession

After many years of asthma , Heinrich Vieweg died on February 3, 1890 of pneumonia. Since his only son Eduard had died on November 25, 1887 at the age of 29, the company was passed on to his wife and daughter Helene, who married Bernhard Tepelmann on April 29, 1891, who also joined the publishing house in July 1891.

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personal data
SURNAME Vieweg, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Vieweg, Hans Heinrich Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German publisher
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1826
PLACE OF BIRTH Braunschweig
DATE OF DEATH February 3, 1890
Place of death Braunschweig