Английская Википедия:Franz Gräffer
Шаблон:Short description Franz Gräffer (6 January 1785 – 8 October 1852) was an Austrian librarian, bookseller and writer. He was a founder of the Österreichische National-Encyklopädie, regarded as the first comprehensive reference work about Austria.
Life
Gräffer was born in Vienna in 1785; his father August Gräffer opened in 1790 a bookshop specializing in military books, and he wrote about military history.[1] Franz in his early career joined his father's business. He later became librarian successively for Louis Bonaparte, for Шаблон:Ill and for Шаблон:Ill. Afterwards he opened an antiquarian bookshop and was a publisher, making unsuccessful plans to produce magazines. He also began the trade for autographs in Vienna.[2][3][4]
He was a freelance writer, from 1812 writing numerous works about the cultural history and customs of Vienna, some published anonymously or pseudonymously. With Johann Jakob Czikann (1789–1855) he founded the Österreichische National-Encyklopädie (6 volumes, 1835–37), regarded as the first comprehensive reference work about Austria.[2][3][4]
In later years he became mentally ill; he died impoverished in a mental hospital in 1852.[2][3] His biographer in Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich wrote: "Gräffer was, in his innermost character, after all no businessman, but a scholar by calling, burdened with all the weaknesses and advantages of those often eccentric people."[4]
References
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- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 "Gräffer, Franz (1785-1852), Schriftsteller und Verleger" Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Gugitz, Gustav. "Gräffer, Franz Arnold (Pseudonym Böttiger, Contée, Fergar, Rittgräff)" Neue Deutsche Biographie, 1964.
- ↑ 4,0 4,1 4,2 Шаблон:BLKO