Siegfried Leberecht Crusius
Siegfried Leberecht Crusius (born June 16, 1738 in Langenhessen , † October 1, 1824 in Leipzig ) was a German bookseller, publisher and later a farmer. He was the son of the pastor and master's degree Gottlieb Crusius and a great-grandson of the mayor of Chemnitz, Atlas Crusius .
After breaking off his studies, which he began in Leipzig in 1757, he bought Teubner's bookstore in 1765. Among other things, he published the works of the authors Samuel Hahnemann , Christian Gotthilf Salzmann , Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Widenmann , Johann Bernhard Basedow and Jean-François Marmontel , as well as Schiller's story of the fall of the united Netherlands from the Spanish government . His brothers Gottlieb Leberecht Crusius (1730–1804) and Carl Leberecht Crusius (1740–1779) provided illustrations as engravers for many of the published works.
In addition, Crusius was the first publisher for children's and youth magazines. These included Johann Christoph Adelung's Leipziger Wochenblatt für Kinder (1772–1774) and the correspondence of the family of the child friend (1775–1792) from Christian Felix Weisse .
The most famous apprentice in Crusius' publishing house was Georg Joachim Göschen , who was trained in the publishing house from 1768.
In 1805, Crusius inherited the Sahlis manor , and after buying the Rüdigsdorf manor (1810) he sold his bookstore and devoted himself to agriculture. After his old age, his son Wilhelm Crusius (1790-1858) inherited the property.
In the Leipzig district of Reudnitz , a street was named after him in 1894.
His family list is contained in the family list of his great-great-grandfather Balthasar Crusius .
Web links
- Works by and about Siegfried Leberecht Crusius in the German Digital Library
- Crusius, Siegfried Leberecht in the Leipzig Lexicon
- Friedrich Schiller's letters to Siegfried Crusius in the Friedrich Schiller Archive
- Wiebke Helm: Siegfried Crusius (1738–1824) . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
Individual evidence
- ^ Family tombstone commissioned by SL Crusius in "Der Friedhof zu Leipzig ...", 1844, p. 73, no. 508 at Google Books
Remarks
- ^ Last bookstore address according to address book Leipzig 1808 : "old Neumarkt, under the Paulino "
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Crusius, Siegfried Leberecht |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher, bookseller and farmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1738 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Langenhessen |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 1, 1824 |
| Place of death | Leipzig |