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