Wilhelm EngelmannKarl Friedrich Pfau: Engelmann, Wilhelm.

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48(1904)378-9 was a German publisher and bookseller (August 1, 1808 in

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– December 23, 1878 in

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). Engelmann was the son of a bookseller in

, who later moved to Leipzig. He attended Leipzig's

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and planned an academic career, but was forced to early self-reliance by the early death of his father. He learnt the business from bookseller

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and acquired many valuable business contacts. Subsequently Engelmann worked for Johann Georg Heyse in

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, where he was also concerned with printing, and later for Carl Gerold in

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and at Varrentrappstrasse in

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. In 1833 he returned to Leipzig and took over the business of his father. His acquaintances in the scientific community gave him a quick start. His publications focused on medicine, history and

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, including works of

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, Georg Weber, Edmund Heusinger von Waldegg and

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. An important series was the ''Bibliotheca Scriptorum Classicorum'', a bibliography of

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from 1700 until his death in 1878, continuing

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's ''

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'', '' Bibliotheca Latina'' and '' Bibliotheca Latina Media et Infimae Aetatis''. In 1861 he published ''Bibliotheca zoologica''. Engelmann received an honorary doctorate from the

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. After his death the business was in the hands of his widow and his son Rudolf Engelmann.

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