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Johannes Enschedé Jr. (

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, 16 November 1750 – Haarlem, 29 July 1799)P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)
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(Dutch) Johannes Enschedé (2) was a Haarlem

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and collector.

Biography

He was the grandson of the founder of the

Joh. Enschedé Royal Joh. Enschedé () is a printer of security documents, stamps and banknotes based in Haarlem, Netherlands - it specialises in print, media and security. The company hosted the Museum Enschedé until 1990 and has branches in Amsterdam, Brus ...

company and one of the first members of the '' Dutch Society of Science'' and the '' Teylers Second Society''. He was a regent of the St. Elizabeth's-Gasthuis and the

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en Noblet. Johannes was the son of Johannes Enschedé and the brother of Jacobus and Abraham. He married Johanna Elisabeth Swaving on 25 August 1783 and was the father of

Johannes Enschedé III Johannes Enschedé III (Haarlem, 7 March 1785 – Haarlem, 8 October 1866)P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.)Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1(Dutch) Johannes Enschedé (3) was a Haarlem newspaper editor and printer. Biography He ...

and Christiaan Justus Enschedé (father of

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). His father was a collector of Costeriana and had statues of Coster and

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, Coster's biographer, placed in the garden of his home, adjacent to the typesetter's workshop in 1768. An engraving by

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shows the workshop and the statues. Enschedé Jr. continued his father's collection of Costeriana and also added his love of Greek and Latin books. He died relatively young, and his wife succeeded him in his role leading the company. Under her influence the day-to-day operations were split into three divisions; the newspaper, the type foundry, and the Bible publishing. This "triumvirate" lasted three generations.

References

* Enschede aan het Klokhuisplein, (Dutch), by Just Enschede, De Vrieseborch, Haarlem, 1991, {{DEFAULTSORT:Enschede, Johannes Jr. Members of Teylers Tweede Genootschap 1750 births 1799 deaths 18th-century Dutch businesspeople Joh. Enschedé