Wilhelm EngelmannKarl Friedrich Pfau: Engelmann, Wilhelm. Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie 48(1904)378-9 was a German publisher and bookseller (August 1, 1808 in

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– December 23, 1878 in

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). Engelmann was the son of a bookseller in

, who later moved to Leipzig. He attended Leipzig's Thomasschule and planned an academic career, but was forced to early self-reliance by the early death of his father. He learnt the business from bookseller

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and acquired many valuable business contacts. Subsequently Engelmann worked for Johann Georg Heyse in Bremen, where he was also concerned with printing, and later for Carl Gerold in

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and at Varrentrappstrasse in

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. In 1833 he returned to Leipzig and took over the business of his father. His acquaintances in the scientific community gave him a quick start. His publications focused on medicine, history and

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, including works of Georg Gottfried Gervinus, Georg Weber,

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and Albert von Kölliker. An important series was the ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum'', a bibliography of

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from 1700 until his death in 1878, continuing

Johann Albert Fabricius Johann Albert Fabricius (11 November 1668 – 30 April 1736) was a German classical scholar and bibliographer. Biography Fabricius was born at Leipzig, son of Werner Fabricius, director of music in the church of St. Paul at Leipzig, who was the ...

's ''Bibliotheca Graeca'', ''Bibliotheca Latina'' and ''Bibliotheca Latina Media et Infimae Aetatis''. In 1861 he published ''Bibliotheca zoologica''. Engelmann received an honorary doctorate from the

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. After his death the business was in the hands of his widow and his son Rudolf Engelmann.

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