Johann Christian Dieterich
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Johann Christian Dieterich (1722 in Stendal
– 1800 in Göttingen
) was the founder of the Dieterich’schen Verlagsbuchhandlung publishing house and close friend of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
. He published the first Musen-Almanach
.
He began his career as proprietor of a silk
shop in Berlin
, which he moved to Gotha
. In 1749 he married the daughter of the bookseller Mevius and began running his shop for him. In 1760 he started a new bookshop in Göttingen
, printed a few books, and in 1770 established a publishing house. Among the most famous authors whose works he published are Gottfried August Bürger
and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
. He was a close friend of the latter, and between 1776 and his death in 1799 Lichtenberg lived in the Dieterich family's house. On his travels he wrote many long letters to the Dieterichs which are of great interest to readers today.
His son Heinrich (1761-1837) continued running the business himself until 1824.
Stendal
Stendal is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is the capital of Stendal District and unofficial capital of the Altmark. Its population in 2001 was 38,900. It is located some west of Berlin and around east of Hanover...
– 1800 in Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
) was the founder of the Dieterich’schen Verlagsbuchhandlung publishing house and close friend of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany...
. He published the first Musen-Almanach
Musen-Almanach
A Musen-Almanach was a kind of literary annual, popular in Germany from 1770 into the mid 19th century. They were modelled on the Almanach des Muses published in Paris from 1765.-Development in the 1770s:...
.
He began his career as proprietor of a silk
Silk
Silk is a natural protein fiber, some forms of which can be woven into textiles. The best-known type of silk is obtained from the cocoons of the larvae of the mulberry silkworm Bombyx mori reared in captivity...
shop in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
, which he moved to Gotha
Gotha (town)
Gotha is a town in Thuringia, within the central core of Germany. It is the capital of the district of Gotha.- History :The town has existed at least since the 8th century, when it was mentioned in a document signed by Charlemagne as Villa Gotaha . Its importance derives from having been chosen in...
. In 1749 he married the daughter of the bookseller Mevius and began running his shop for him. In 1760 he started a new bookshop in Göttingen
Göttingen
Göttingen is a university town in Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Göttingen. The Leine river runs through the town. In 2006 the population was 129,686.-General information:...
, printed a few books, and in 1770 established a publishing house. Among the most famous authors whose works he published are Gottfried August Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger
Gottfried August Bürger was a German poet. His ballads were very popular in Germany. His most noted ballad, Lenore, found an audience beyond readers of the German language in an English adaptation and a French translation.-Biography:He was born in Molmerswende , Principality of Halberstadt, where...
and Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg was a German scientist, satirist and Anglophile. As a scientist, he was the first to hold a professorship explicitly dedicated to experimental physics in Germany...
. He was a close friend of the latter, and between 1776 and his death in 1799 Lichtenberg lived in the Dieterich family's house. On his travels he wrote many long letters to the Dieterichs which are of great interest to readers today.
His son Heinrich (1761-1837) continued running the business himself until 1824.
Works published by Dieterich before 1850
- Almanach de GothaAlmanach de GothaThe Almanach de Gotha was a respected directory of Europe's highest nobility and royalty. First published in 1763 by C.W. Ettinger in Gotha at the ducal court of Frederick III, Duke of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, it was regarded as an authority in the classification of monarchies, princely and ducal...
or Gothaischer genealogischer Kalender, Göttingen 1763. The German equivalent of Burke's PeerageBurke's PeerageBurke's Peerage publishes authoritative, in-depth historical guides to the royal and titled families of the United Kingdom, such as Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, and of many other countries. Founded in 1826 by British genealogist John Burke Esq., and continued by his son, Sir John...
, it was taken up by a different publisher (C. W. Ettinger) in 1775, then by Justus PerthesJustus PerthesJustus Perthes Publishers in Gotha, Germany was established in 1785. Justus Perthes was Publisher of geographic atlases, ‘’Petermann’s Geographische Mitteilungen’’ and also the Almanach de Gotha,...
in 1815, and was published continuously until 1944. From 1951 a different company continued it as Genealogisches Handbuch des Adels (GHdA). - Göttinger Taschen Calender, which contained, from 1784 to 1796, Lichtenberg's commentaries on the work of William HogarthWilliam HogarthWilliam Hogarth was an English painter, printmaker, pictorial satirist, social critic and editorial cartoonist who has been credited with pioneering western sequential art. His work ranged from realistic portraiture to comic strip-like series of pictures called "modern moral subjects"...
. These were republished between 1794 and 1799. - Jacob GrimmJacob GrimmJacob Ludwig Carl Grimm was a German philologist, jurist and mythologist. He is best known as the discoverer of Grimm's Law, the author of the monumental Deutsches Wörterbuch, the author of Deutsche Mythologie and, more popularly, as one of the Brothers Grimm, as the editor of Grimm's Fairy...
's Deutsche Grammatik, Weisthümern, and others - Works by Friedrich Christoph DahlmannFriedrich Christoph DahlmannFriedrich Christoph Dahlmann was a German historian and politician.He came of an old Hanseatic family of Wismar, then controlled by Sweden...
, Gottfried Müller, Heinrich Albert Zachariä, Konrad Johann Martin LangenbeckKonrad Johann Martin LangenbeckKonrad Johann Martin Langenbeck was a German surgeon, ophthalmologist and anatomist who was a native of Horneburg....
, Carl Friedrich GaussCarl Friedrich GaussJohann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum...
, Georg Friedrich BeneckeGeorg Friedrich BeneckeGeorg Friedrich Benecke was a German philologist. In 1814 he became professor at the University of Göttingen. Benecke was editor of a dictionary to Hartmann von Aue's Ywain .- External links :...
, Ernst Ludwig von LeutschErnst Ludwig von LeutschErnst Ludwig von Leutsch was a German classical philologist born in Frankfurt am Main.He studied classical philology at the University of Göttingen, where he had as instructors Georg Ludolf Dissen, Christoph Wilhelm Mitscherlich and Karl Otfried Müller. It was during this time that he became...
and Friedrich Wilhelm SchneidewinFriedrich Wilhelm SchneidewinFriedrich Wilhelm Schneidewin , was a German classical scholar.-Biography:He was born at Helmstedt. In 1833 he became a teacher at the Brunswick gymnasium...