Moritz Diesterweg
Moritz Diesterweg (born March 1, 1834 in Berlin , † February 19, 1906 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German publisher .
Moritz Diesterweg was the youngest son of the pedagogue Adolph Diesterweg (1790–1866). In 1873 he founded the Moritz Diesterweg publishing house , a publishing house for school books and educational literature, which the Holtzbrinck Group bought in 1995 . In 2007 Westermann Verlag took over the publishing house and closed the Moritz Diesterweg publishing house in Frankfurt am Main.
Diesterweg was a member of the Frankfurter Masonic Lodge Zur Einigkeit .
literature
- Klaus Nerger: Moritz Diesterweg (short biography and grave information).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Diesterweg, Moritz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1834 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 19, 1906 |
| Place of death | Frankfurt am Main |