Julius Korn
Julius Korn (born March 20, 1799 in Breslau ; † February 3, 1837 there ) was a German bookseller and city councilor.
Life
His father, Johann Gottlieb Korn , who had brought the family's bookstore and printing shop to its prime, wanted his son to be a custodian and protector of his business. He therefore gave him a very careful upbringing. At the age of 15, he entered his father's trade as an apprentice.
From 1817 he moved to Frankfurt am Main for further training and worked there in a bookshop. He lived there for two years and took the opportunity to make acquaintances with the scholars and artists whom the Bundestag drew to the city. He then returned to Breslau, served his military year, passed his officer examination and then, in order to get to know the workings of the French bookselling business, joined the business of Bossange in Paris , where he stayed for a year.
On October 4, 1826, he married Cecilie Bertha Freiin von Kospoth . Together they had five sons (including Heinrich von Korn ) and a daughter ( Berta Elisabeth von Schroeter ), who all survived him.
In 1828 he took over the bookstore and printing company from his father , who devoted himself to the management and supervision of his important estates. One of the first undertakings of the new sales manager was the acquisition of the Schlesische Provinzialblätter and the associated Schlesische Literaturblatt, and he also undertook the publication of the Silesian agricultural monthly. With both periodicals he tried to expand the stable employment of his printing company. He also continued to sell a number of Polish writings, scientific works in German and the newspaper that was founded by his great-grandfather Johann Jakob Korn , the Schlesische Zeitung .
In 1835 he was elected to the unpaid Wroclaw City Council and as such performed services to the municipality to which he belonged.
On February 3, 1837, at the age of 37, he died of a neglected cold after a six-day illness. On February 6, he was buried in the family crypt of his father's country estate in Oswitz .
literature
- Rudolf Schmidt: German bookseller. German book printer. Retrieved July 17, 2018 .
- New Nekrolog der Deutschen , 1837, p. 174 ( digitized version )
- Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses, 1908, second year, p.597
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gothaisches genealogisches Taschenbuch der Briefadeligen houses , ninth year, Justus Perthes , Gotha 1915, p. 498 ( digitized version )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Korn, Julius |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German bookseller and city councilor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1799 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wroclaw |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 3, 1837 |
| Place of death | Wroclaw , Province of Silesia |