Johann Bohn

Johann Carl Bohn (* 1712 in Breslau ; † December 26, 1773 in Hamburg ) was a German bookseller and publisher .

Live and act

Johann Carl Bohn was born in Breslau in 1712. Around 1732 he moved to Hamburg and took a job in the bookstore of the widowed business owner Sophia Felginer. In 1739 he married Sophia Felginer's daughter Anna and was thus a partner in the company. As a partner, he had extensive resources that he used to recruit new authors. Sophia Felginer died in 1742. Bohn was now the sole proprietor of the business. From 1742 to 1752 he published numerous works. These included the most important writings of Friedrich von Hagedorn such as the collection of new odes and songs from 1742 and The Most Noble Truths of Natural Religion by Hermann Samuel Reimarus in 1755. He also published some works by Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock , which became even more successful.

In 1755 Bohn married Catharina Hertel, whose father was also a bookseller. This further improved Bohn's economic situation. Alongside the Herold family, he was the most important bookseller in Hamburg. Since 1765 he was a member of the booksellers association founded by Philipp Erasmus Reich , which took action against reprints from southern Germany. Johann Carl Bohn died in Hamburg at the end of 1773. His son Carl Ernst Bohn continued the bookshop business .

literature

Dirk Moldenhauer: Bohn, Johann . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 2 . Christians, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-7672-1366-4 , pp. 57 .

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Remarks

↑ More precise history: Felginer, Theodor Christoph (1686–1726) in CERL .

personal data
SURNAME	Bohn, Johann
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bohn, Johann Carl; Bohn, Johann Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German bookseller and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH	1712
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	December 26, 1773
Place of death	Hamburg

[1] More precise history: Felginer, Theodor Christoph (1686–1726) in CERL .