Johann Lothar Freiherr von Faber (born 12 June 1817 in Unterspitzgarten near

Stein, Bavaria Stein (East Franconian: ''Schdah'') is a town in the district of Fürth, in Bavaria, Germany. It is situated 7 km south of Fürth, and 7 km southwest of Nuremberg (centre). Geography Stein is located in the metropolitan area Nürnbe ...

– 26 July 1896 in Stein) was a German industrialist. He inherited the pencil company

Faber-Castell Faber-Castell AG is a manufacturer of pens, pencils, other office supplies (e.g., staplers, slide rules, erasers, rulers)Faber-Castell InternationalOffice Products and art supplies,Faber-Castell InternationalProducts for FineArts and FineWriting ...

(then called A.W. Faber) in 1839 after the death of his father, Georg Leonhard von Faber. Under his leadership, the company gained access to new sources of raw materials and expanded internationally. Von Faber also played an important role in the introduction of trademark protection in Germany; his 1874 petition to the German Reichstag for such legislation contributed to the Act on Trade Mark Protection, passed the following year. Lothar von Faber married Ottilie Richter in 1847. The couple had one child, Wilhelm, born in 1951.

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Homepage des Unternehmens Faber-CastellHomepage der Lothar-von-Faber-Schule
(Staatliche Fachoberschule Nürnberg)

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Members of the Bavarian Reichsrat 1817 births 1896 deaths People from Fürth (district) German industrialists {{Germany-business-bio-stub