Johannes Enschedé (10 July 1708 in

Haarlem Haarlem (; predecessor of ''Harlem'' in English) is a city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is the capital of the province of North Holland. Haarlem is situated at the northern edge of the Randstad, one of the most populated metropoli ...

– 21 October 1780 in Haarlem) was a Dutch printer, owner of Royal

Joh. Enschedé Royal Joh. Enschedé () is a Printer (publisher), printer of security documents, Postage stamp, stamps and banknotes based in Haarlem, Netherlands. Joh. Enschedé specialises in print, media and security. The company hosted the Museum Enschedé un ...

and collector.Zuidema
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p.572 (Dutch) Enschedé belonged to the family that owned the company currently known as Royal Joh. Enschedé (founded by

Izaak Enschedé Izaak Enschedé (16 April 1681, Haarlem – 1 May 1761, Haarlem) was the founder of the printing company Royal Joh. Enschedé in 1703.ZuidemaNieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboekp.572 (Dutch) He was the son of Johannes Enschda (baptised 1 ...

)Entry of a painting of Johannes Enschedé in the RKD database
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 Tweede Genootschap (English: Teylers Second Society), also known as the ''Wetenschappelijk Genootschap'' (Scientific Society) is one of the two societies founded within the Teylers Stichting with the purpose to promote and award prizes fo ...

(Teylers Second or Scientific Society) from the founding in 1778 until his death.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enschede, Johannes Members of Teylers Tweede Genootschap People from Haarlem 1708 births 1780 deaths Joh. Enschedé 18th-century Dutch businesspeople