Joseph Abraham Stargardt, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Place of Birth: Mirosławiec, West Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
About Joseph Abraham Stargardt
- Joseph Abraham Stargardt (17 June 1822 – 30 April 1885) was a German bookseller and business partner of Paul Julius Reuter. Stargardt was born in Märkisch Friedland, West Prussia, Kingdom of Prussia (Miroslawiec, Poland).
- He started to work as a bookseller at Asher & Co.
- in Berlin in 1838.
- From April to September 1844 he worked at "Amelangschen Buchhandlung" in Berlin and from October to December 1845 at A.
- Franck in Paris.
- In 1846 Stargardt worked in Halle (Saale) at "J.
- T.
- Lippert" and in 1847 he and his affiliate Paul Julius Reuter (1816–99) purchased Johann Carl Klage's book and music store in Berlin.Stargardt applied for Berlin citizenship in August 1847 but on 8 December 1847 he refused to swear the special form of oath provided for Jews.
- He received the official citizenship finally on 28 May 1852.In the German revolutions of 1848-49 the Reuter & Stargardt publishing house publicized several "radical-democratic" pamphlets and booklets and Stargardt came in contact with philosophers like Max Stirner (1806–56).
- In 1849 P.
- J.
- Reuter was accused of distributing democratic literature and fled to London, where he founded his Telegraphic Office in 1851.
- Stargardt became the sole proprietor of Reuter & Stargardt, now operating as "J.
- A.
- Stargardt".In the early 1850s the store was regularly searched by the Prussian police and several publications and posters were confiscated.
- Stargardt then specialized on antiquarian and autographic bookselling.
- Alexander von Humboldt, Bettina von Arnim, Karl August Varnhagen von Ense and Crownprince Friedrich Wilhelm became regular clients.Stargardt died on 30 April 1885 in Berlin, the "J.A.
- Stargardt" autograph store still exists today.
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