Christoph Froschauer
Swiss printer (1490–1564)
Christoph Froschauer (ca. 1490 – 1 April 1564) was the first printer in Zurich, notable for printing the Froschauer Bible, the Zwinglian Bible translation in 1524.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Christoph Froschauer (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born 1490, died Apr 1, 1564.1
About
His workshop is the nucleus of the Orell Füssli publishing house.
Froschauer was born in Neuburg near Oettingen (Bavaria). He learned the printer's trade with his uncle, Hans Froschauer, in Augsburg and came to Zurich in 1515. He gained citizenship to Zurich in 1519. Working for one Hans Rüegger, he built a printing press. At Rüegger's death in 1517, Froschauer married his widow and took over the press.
A dispute over fasting regulations during Lent led to Froschauer being arrested in 1522. This brought about open conflict between Zwingli and the clerical establishment, thus setting off the Reformation in Zürich.
At his wife's death in 1550, he married Dorothea Locher.
From Wikipedia’s article on Christoph Froschauer, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Orell FüssliFounder8
Career
Occupation: book printer, bookseller, printer, bookbinder, publisher.4
- Date not recordedFounded Orell Füssli3
Personal life
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- 1WikidataChristoph Froschauer on Wikidata
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- 8WikidataOrell Füssli, Founder
- 9Wikimedia CommonsChristoph Froschauer photo by Martin Sauter, CC BY-SA 3.0