Johannes Enschedé III (

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(Dutch) Johannes Enschedé (3) was a Haarlem newspaper editor and printer.

Biography

He was the great-grandson of the founder of the

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company and the oldest son of

Johannes Enschedé II Johannes Enschedé Jr. (Haarlem, 16 November 1750 – Haarlem, 29 July 1799)P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1(Dutch) Johannes Enschedé (2) was a Haarlem regent and collector. Biography He was th ...

. Like his father and grandfather before him, he was a member of the '' Dutch Society of Science'' and the '' Teylers Second Society''. He studied law in Leiden and returned to become partner in the

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at the young age of 20, where he became editor of the

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. On 25 March 1810, he married Catharina Hillegonda van Walré, (Haarlem, 16 August 1791 – Haarlem, 18 December 1845) the daughter of

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and Maria Kops. From this marriage was born on 20 November 1811 a son,

Johannes Enschedé IV Johannes Enschedé IV (Haarlem, 20 November 1811 – Haarlem, 16 August 1878) was a Haarlem newspaper editor and printer. Biography He was the great-great-grandson of the founder of the Joh. Enschedé company, and the son of Johannes Enschedé III ...

. Like his father, he was a regent of the St. Elizabeth's-Gasthuis and the

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en Noblet. Johannes Enschedé III was judge of instruction, auditor soldier, a member of the Municipal Council, and member of the

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. Enschedé III continued his father's collection of art and books, but after his death these were auctioned by his heirs, much to the disappointment of his nephew

Adriaan Justus Enschedé Adriaan Justus Enschedé (Haarlem, 20 June 1829 – Haarlem, 19 March 1896)P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 3(Dutch) Adriaan Justus Enschedé was a Haarlem archivist, collector, owner of the Joh. E ...

, who bought as much of the collection as he could.

References

Bibliography

* Het huis Enschedé 1703–1953, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem 1953 * Enschede aan het Klokhuisplein, (Dutch), by Just Enschede, De Vrieseborch, Haarlem, 1991,
Catalogue de la bibliothèque (manuscrits, ouvrages xylographiques, incunables, ouvrages d'estampes, livres curieux et rares) formée pendant le 18e siècle par Messieurs Izaak, Iohannes et le Dr. Iohannes Enschedé
sale catalog for the auction of Enschedé III's collection by Frederik Muller and Martinus Nijhoff, 9 December 1867; version on

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