Christoph Sauer, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American journalist
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Place of Birth: Ladenburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
About Christoph Sauer
- Christoph Sauer (1695 – September 25, 1758) was the first German-language printer and publisher in North America. Johann Christoph Sauer was born in 1695 in Ladenburg (near Heidelberg), the son of a Reformed pastor.
- He came to the County (Graftschaft) of Wittgenstein in central Germany as a child with his widowed mother some time between 1700–1710.
- He was a graduate of a German university, and studied medicine at the University of Halle.
- At the time, its rulers were tolerant of a variety of Pietists and other religious dissenters, most notably Alexander Mack, who would later found the Church of the Brethren in the United States.
- He married the widowed Maria Christina (born Gruber) in 1720.
- The family lived in the village of Schwarzenau, which now belongs to the town of Berleburg though had ties to Laasphe as well.
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