Herrmann Julius Meyer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German publisher
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Place of Birth: Gotha, Thuringia, Germany
About Herrmann Julius Meyer
- Herrmann Julius Meyer (April 4, 1826 – March 12, 1909) was a German publisher born in Gotha.
- He was the son of publisher Joseph Meyer (1796-1856). After his father's death in 1856, Herrmann Meyer took charge of Bibliographisches Institut, a publishing firm in Hildburghausen.
- In 1874 he moved the headquarters to Leipzig, and in 1884 handed over the business to his sons, Arndt (1859-1920) and Hans (1858-1929), the latter renowned for his ascent of Mt.
- Kilimanjaro. In 1888 he established Stiftung zur Erbauung billiger Wohnungen, an association for the construction of inexpensive housing for working-class people in Leipzig.
- In 1900 the project had achieved foundation status, and by 1914 there were four "residential colonies" with a total of around 2700 homes in the districts of Lindenau, Eutritzsch, Reudnitz and Kleinzschocher.
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