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Heinrich Eduard Brockhaus
1829–1914
A key figure in the Brockhaus publishing family, he helped guide one of Germany’s best-known publishing houses while also taking part in public life as a liberal politician. His career linked books, scholarship, and civic engagement in nineteenth-century Leipzig.
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Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, Sein Leben und Wirken. Erster Theil
by Heinrich Eduard Brockhaus
About the author
Born in Leipzig on August 7, 1829, he was a German publisher and politician associated with the National Liberal movement. He came from the Brockhaus family of publishers and later helped lead the firm F. A. Brockhaus, one of the major names in German publishing.
His work as a publisher reached beyond business alone. Biographical and historical sources credit him with supporting scholarly publishing, and his connection with the archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann is often noted because Brockhaus published Schliemann’s work on Troy.
He also wrote about the history of his family’s publishing house and about Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus, helping preserve the story of the company as well as shape it. He died in Leipzig on January 11, 1914.