Otto Harrassowitz
Otto Wilhelm Harrassowitz (born December 18, 1845 in La Guayara , Venezuela , † June 24, 1920 in Gaschwitz , Saxony ) was a German antiquarian , publisher and author . The Harrassowitz Verlag , which he co-founded, still exists today.
Harrassowitz, who later became a royal Saxon court advisor, came to Germany when he was ten. In 1864 he began an apprenticeship as a bookseller at the Leipzig antiquarian bookshop KF Koehler in Leipzig ; after completing his four-year apprenticeship, he stayed for three years as an assistant in the company. This was followed by a stay abroad at the Frederic Muller company in Amsterdam.
In 1872 he founded the Richter & Harrassowitz bookstore with Oscar Richter . After Richter left the house in 1875, he was the sole owner. From 1882 onwards, Harrassowitz concentrated on the humanities in his company. In 1894 he bought the company KF Koehler. In addition to the second-hand bookshop, Harrassowitz also took over the Zentralblatt für Bibliothekwesen, founded in 1884, as a publisher . The publishing house developed into a special antiquarian bookshop that gained a worldwide reputation with its nearly 500 antiquarian bookshops. Otto Harrassowitz was buried in the south cemetery in Leipzig in 1920 .
literature
- Bernhard Wendt: Harrassowitz, Otto Wilhelm. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 7, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1966, ISBN 3-428-00188-5 , p. 701 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- biography
- Literature by and about Otto Harrassowitz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website of the Harrassowitz publishing house and the Harrassowitz company
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Harrassowitz, Otto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Harrassowitz, Otto Wilhelm (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German antiquarian, publisher and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Guayara , Venezuela |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 24, 1920 |
| Place of death | Gaschwitz , Saxony |