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Meyer, Hermann Julius, 1826-1909

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Personal name headingMeyer, Hermann Julius, 1826-1909
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Variant(s)Meyer, Hermann J. (Hermann Julius), 1826-1909
LocatedHildburghausen (Germany) New York (N.Y.) Leipzig (Germany)
Birth date1826
Death date1909
Field of activityPublishers and publishing
Profession or occupationPublishers and publishing
Found inThe Scenery of the United States, 1855: plates (Hermann J. Meyer; proprietor)
Webster's biog. dict., 1943 (Meyer, Hermann Julius; employed in his father's publishing business in Hildburghausen, Germany; came to the U.S. as a political fugitive in 1849 and established a book business in N.Y.C.; returned to Germany in 1854 and took over the Bibliographisches Institut from his father in 1855; in 1874 he moved the business to Leipzig; retired in 1885 and was succeeded by his son Hans; b. 1826; d. 1909)
The United States illustrated, 1855?: title page (Hermann J. Meyer, New York)