Wilhelm Emanuel Swiss beard
Wilhelm Emanuel Schweizerbart (born March 26, 1785 in Stuttgart , † September 2, 1870 in Untertürkheim ) was a belt maker and publisher .
Life
In 1809, Schweizerbart ran his own Gürtler workshop. In 1826 he founded the publishing house "Expedition of the Works of Our Time". He expanded the publishing house to include a book printer. In 1830 the publishing house was renamed E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagbuchhandlung . You have a close publishing association with the (formally independent) Gebrüder Borntraeger publishing house .
He mainly published scientific works and fiction, such as Eduard Mörike's painter Nolten in 1832 . In 1841 he sold the publishing house to his nephew Christian Friedrich Schweizerbart . In 1862 the publisher published the German translations of Charles Darwin's works.
literature
- Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): German Biographical Encyclopedia , Volume 9. ISBN 978-3-598-25039-2
- Gerd Schulz: 150 years of E. Schweizerbart, Stuttgart: For the time being 500 guilders. Internationally recognized scientific publisher . In: Börsenblatt für den deutschen Buchhandel , Frankfurt am Main, Vol. 32, 1976, pp. 960–961
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rudolf Vierhaus (Ed.): Deutsche Biographische Enzyklopädie , Volume 9, p. 343.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Swiss beard, Wilhelm Emanuel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Swiss beard, E. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German publisher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1785 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Stuttgart |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 1870 |
| Place of death | Untertürkheim |