Johan Frederik Schultz (1 March 1756 – 28 November 1817) was a Danish book printer and publisher.

Biography

Schultz was born in Odense. After completing an

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as a book printer in 1777, her moved to

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where he was employed at the

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publishing house. In 1783, he established his own company after acquiring a small printing business. The company moved into a building on

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in 1787 and Schultz was appointed to Royal Book Printer in 1789. Schultz was also on good terms with many prominent writers, including Knud Lyne Rahbæk, C. Pram, T. Thaarup, R. Nyerup and

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. He published much of the Danish fiction of his time as well as several journals, including ''Minerva'' and ''Den danske Tilskuer''. Among his most notable publications was an edition of Ludvig Holberg's '' Niels Klim'' in Baggesen's translation from 1789 with illustrations by

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. Schultz's building on Højbro Plads was destroyed in the Copenhagen fire of 1795. He immediately acquired a publishing house in Skindergade from P. M. Høpfner, who was both responsible for publications from

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and the Court. Schultz moved his business back to Højbro Plads when a new building had been completed in 1797 and it soon developed into one of the largest Danish publishing houses om Copenhagen. Among Schultz's most important publications from this period was Rahbek's edition of Holberg's complete works which was published in 21 volumes between 1804 and 1814. Schultz became a wealthy man who owned several properties in and near Copenhagen. He was a member of the

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. He died in 1817 and is interred in

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Legacy

Schultz's widow was after her husband's death granted permission to keep his privileges and ran the company until her death. It was then passed on to her son by her first marriage, Jens Nicolai Christian Hostrup S. (1782–1849) and later to his descendants. Schultx's building on Højbro Plads (No. 4) still exist. It was listed in 1945.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Schultz, Johan Frederik 18th-century Danish publishers (people) 19th-century Danish publishers (people) Danish printers Danish company founders People from Odense 1756 births 1817 deaths

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