Karl Baedeker
German publisher (1801–1859)
Karl Ludwig Johannes Baedeker ( BAY-dik-ər; German: [ˈbɛːdəkɐ]; born Bädeker; 3 November 1801 – 4 October 1859) was a German publisher whose company, Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Baedeker (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Nov 3, 1801, died Oct 4, 1859.1
About
Karl Baedeker was descended from a long line of printers, booksellers and publishers. He was the eldest of ten children of Gottschalk Diederich Bädeker (1778–1841), who had inherited the publishing house founded by his own father, Zacharias Gerhard Bädeker (1750–1800). The company also published the local newspaper, the Essendische Zeitung, and the family expected that Karl, too, would eventually join the firm.
Karl changed the spelling of the family name from Bädeker with the umlaut to Baedeker around 1850.
From Wikipedia’s article on Karl Baedeker, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
- Karl BaedekerFounder10
Career
Occupation: writer, publisher, traveler, bookseller.5 6
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- Date not recordedFounded Karl Baedeker4
Personal life
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- 1WikidataKarl Baedeker on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaKarl Baedeker on Wikipedia
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- 10WikidataKarl Baedeker, Founder
- 11Wikimedia CommonsKarl Baedeker photo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain