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Froschauer, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564

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Personal name headingFroschauer, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564
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Variant(s)Froschauer, Christoph, d. 1564
Froschauwer, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouer, C. (Christoph), approximately 1490-1564
Froschouer, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouerus, approximately 1490-1564
Froschower, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Froshover, Christof, approximately 1490-1564
Froschauer, Christoph, der Ältere, approximately 1490-1564
Froschauer, Christoph, d. Ä., approximately 1490-1564
Froschouer, Christoph, der Ältere, approximately 1490-1564
Froschauer, Christoph, I, approximately 1490-1564
Froschauer, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Froschover, Christof, approximately 1490-1564
Froschover, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouer, Christophorus, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouerus, Christophorus, approximately 1490-1564
Froschoverus, Christophorus, approximately 1490-1564
Froschower, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564
Froshower, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouwer, Christoph, approximately 1490-1564
Froschouwer, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Frosch, Christophorus, approximately 1490-1564
Froshouer, Christoffel, approximately 1490-1564
Other standard no.0000000121270868
LocatedZurich (Switzerland)
Birth date1490~
Death date1564
Place of birthKastl (Altötting, Germany)
Place of deathZurich (Switzerland)
Profession or occupationPrinters Publishers and publishing Papermakers
Special noteNot the same as his nephew Christoph Froschauer, 1532-1585 (LCCN no2007073349).
Found inStaedtke, J. Anfa̋nge und erste Blutezeit ... 1965.
Gesner, K. Mithridates, 1555: t.p. (Tiguri excudebat Froschouerus)
Melanchthon, P. A newe work con[n]cerning both partes of the sacrament to be receyued of the lay peple, 1543: imprint statement (C. Froschouer [printer])
Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek, viewed October 27, 2021 (Froschauer, Christoph ; printer, paper maker and publisher ; born ca. 1490 in Kastl (Altötting), came to Zurich in 1513 and ran his own shop from 1521-1564 ; tenant of the paper mill Auf dem Werd in Zurich, which his brother Eustach I and later his nephew Eustach II Froschauer ran ; died in Zurich 1564 ; variants: Christoph Froschauer der Ältere, Christoph Froschauer d.Ä., Christoph Froschouer der Ältere, Christoph Froschauer I, Christoffel Froschauer, Christof Froschover, Christophorus Froschouer, Christophorus Froschouerus, Christoph Froschower, Christoph Froshower, Christoph Froschouwer, Christoffel Froschouwer, Christophorus Frosch, Christoph Froschover, Christophorus Froschoverus, Christoffel Froshouer)
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German Wikipedia, viewed October 27, 2021 (Christoph Froschauer ; born around 1490 probably in Kastl near Altötting, died April 1, 1564 in Zurich ; was a German (Bavarian) printer and publisher. He was the first printer of the Reformation in Zurich and in particular printed the “Zurich Bible”, which was translated under the direction of Zwingli)
   <https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Froschauer>