Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780)

Dutch printer, owner of Royal Joh. Enschedé and collector

Date of Birth: 10-Jul-1708

Place of Birth: Haarlem, County of Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 21-Oct-1780

Profession: publisher

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Cancer


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About Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780)

  • Johannes Enschedé (10 July 1708 in Haarlem – 21 October 1780 in Haarlem) was a Dutch printer, owner of Royal Joh.
  • Enschedé and collector.Enschedé belonged to the family that owned the company currently known as Royal Joh.
  • Enschedé (founded by Izaak Enschedé) and owned the company.
  • On 23 December 1736 he married Helena Hoefnagel (Haarlem 12 December 1714 – Haarlem 20 July 1781) daughter of Adriaan Hoefnagel and Sara Brinckhorst.
  • Johannes had three sons, which joined him in the printing business: Johannes, Jacobus and Abraham.
  • Johannes Enschedé collected old books, and was one of the people who tried to defend the opinion that the Haarlem book printer Coster was the original inventor of the bookprinting.
  • He was member of Teylers Tweede Genootschap (Teylers Second or Scientific Society) from the founding in 1778 until his death.

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