Friedrich Vieweg
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Friedrich Vieweg | |
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| Born | 11 March 1761 |
| Died | 25 December 1835 (aged 74) |
| Occupation | Publisher |
Johann Friedrich Vieweg (German: [ˈfiːveːk]; 11 March 1761 – 25 December 1835) was a German publisher and the founder of Vieweg Verlag.[1]
He was the son of master tailor Johann Valentin Vieweg (d. 1785), who later owned a starch factory. After cancelling an apprenticeship in Magdeburg, a chance acquaintance with Friedrich Nicolai led him to become a bookseller in the Halle Orphanage bookstore. His experience there led to a position as an assistant at the Bohn Bookstore in Hamburg. It was there he met the publisher Joachim Heinrich Campe and his daughter Charlotte, who would become Vieweg's wife.[1]
In 1784, he moved to Berlin to look after the Mylius Bookstore, whose owner was ill. After the owner's death in 1786, Vieweg founded his own publishing business. His first success was an edition of Goethe's lyrical epic Hermann and Dorothea. In October 1795, he married Charlotte Campe.
