Decker, Georg, 1596-1661

LC control no.	no2014169553
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Decker, Georg, 1596-1661 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Deckerus, Georgius, 1596-1661
Associated country	Switzerland
Associated place	Germany
Birth date	15960423
Death date	1661
Place of birth	Eisfeld, Sachen, Germany
Place of death	Basel, Switzerland
Field of activity	Type and type-founding Hebrew type Greek type Type and type-founding--Switzerland
Affiliation	Academiae Typographus Universität Basel
Profession or occupation	Publisher Printer Compositor Typesetter
Found in	Judah, ha-Levi. Ḳuzari, 1660: title page (Typis Georgi Deckeri, Acad. Typogr.A.) CERL online thesaurus, viewed Dec. 24, 2014 b. 1596; d. 1661; printer in Basel, Switzerland ca 1635-1661; variant forms: Deckerus, Georgius, Aus Eisfeld/Thür. In 1635 he married the widow of Johann Schröter, a printer in Basel who died in 1634, and took over his press.) <http://thesaurus.cerl.org/record/cni00034421> German Wikipedia, viewed December 24, 2014 (Georg Decker (Drucker); born 23 April 1596 in Eisfeld, Kurfürstentum Sachsen; [died] 1661 in Basel, Alte Eidgenossenschaft; son of Kilian Decker and Anna Göring. Learned printing in Bamberg or Hildburghausen; Was recorded as an apprentice in Tübingen in 1624; moved to Basel in 1635 and became a resident; became university printer and founded the University of Basel's printing press "Academiae Typographus" in 1635. Was a friend of Johann Buxtorf (1599-1664) who had him print his books and his father's books. Specialized in German, Hebrew, Latin and Greek types. Founder of a later dynasty of printers.) <http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Decker_(Drucker)>
Associated language	ger