Johann Friedrich Pierer
Johann Friedrich Pierer (born January 22, 1767 in Altenburg ; † December 21, 1832 there ) was a German doctor, publisher and lexicographer .
Life
Born as the son of a court lawyer and municipal lawyer, he attended grammar school and at the age of 16 moved to the University of Jena . There he first devoted himself to studying law, switched to studying medicine in Jena, Erlangen, Berlin, Vienna, Strasbourg and Göttingen and graduated as a doctor of medicine at the age of 21 . In 1790 he settled in his homeland as a general practitioner, was appointed rural physician and teacher at the anatomical institute.
In 1798 Pierer began to publish the national medical newspaper for Germany, which was very well received. In 1799 he bought the Richterische Offizin. In 1801 he founded his own bookseller's business under the name Literarisches Comptoir, completed his medical journal and began to publish a large medical real dictionary. In 1816 Pierer ceded his bookselling business to Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus .
In Altenburg, Pierer won for the Hofbuchdruckerei Johann Ludwig Choulant, which he ran, as an employee.
In 1821 Pierer bought the real dictionary back and, with the help of his son Heinrich August Pierer , who had meanwhile entered the business, again set up a publishing company under the name Literatur-Comptoir, almost entirely of which he left the management of the son. In 1823 the Hahn-Binzersche Encyclopedia Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Crafts (later Pierer's Konversations Lexikon ) passed to him from the bankruptcy of the first publisher Hahn in Altenburg. Until the death of the Councilor Pierer, who had meanwhile been appointed Chief Medical Officer, 15 volumes had been published.
For 16 years, Pierer was a master from the chair of the Masonic Lodge Archimedes to the three drawing boards in Altenburg.
Honor
In 2000 the vocational school for trade and technology in Altenburg was given the honorary name "Johann Friedrich Pierer". The award of the honorary name represents an appreciation of the life and work of JF Pierer in the city and region of Altenburg.
literature
- J. Braun: Pierer, Heinrich August . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 26, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1888, p. 117. (mentioned there)
- Christine Schmidt: Pierer. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 20, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-428-00201-6 , p. 430 f. ( Digitized version ). (Family item)
- Werner E. Gerabek : Pierer, Johann Friedrich. In: Werner E. Gerabek, Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 1162.
Web links
- Literature by and about Johann Friedrich Pierer in the catalog of the German National Library
- CV at zeno.org
Individual evidence
- ^ Günter Heidel : Johann Ludwig Choulant (1791-1861). For the 200th birthday of the founder of an important tradition in Dresden's medical history. In: Würzburg medical history reports. Volume 9, 1991, pp. 351-362; here: p. 353.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pierer, Johann Friedrich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 22, 1767 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Altenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 21, 1832 |
| Place of death | Altenburg |