Josef Richard Vilímek (1835 – 1911), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Josef Richard Vilímek (1835 – 1911)

Czech member of Czech council, publisher and publicist (1835–1911)

Date of Birth: 01-Apr-1835

Place of Birth: Vamberk, Hradec Králové Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1911

Profession: writer, journalist, publisher, opinion journalist

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Josef Richard Vilímek (1835 – 1911)

  • Josef Richard Vilímek (April 1, 1835 in Vamberk – December 27, 1911 in Prague) was a Czech publisher.
  • He established a well known publishing house and was father of publisher Josef Richard Vilímek (1860 - 1938). Vilímek had studied at German technical university in Prague.
  • Since young age he had shown literal talent and published poetry, fairy tales and articles in journals, under pseudonym Jan Velešovský.
  • After studies he worked as a journalist for several newspapers in Prague.
  • In 1856 he was expelled from Prague for political reasons.
  • In 1858 Vilímek and Josef Svátek founded political satire journal "Humoristické listy".
  • In 1858 he and Josef Novák founded "Slavic Bookstore" (Slovanské knihkupectví) but left it in 1867.
  • Publishing of calendars, almanacs and plays of Matej Kopecký turned to be the most successful business.
  • In 1868 Vilímek was elected into Bohemian parliament (ceský snem).
  • In 1872 Vilímek set up his own printing shop.
  • In 1884 he founded modern publishing house Josef Richard Vilímek, also known as Josef R.
  • Vilímek, JR Vilímek or just Vilímek.
  • Together with publishing houses of Jan Otto and František Topic Vilímek became one of the most famous publishers of the turn of 19/20th century. In summer of 1885 Vilímek moved responsibility of the company to his son but stayed as editor and manager of "Humoristické listy" until 1906.
  • In 1908 he published memoirs "Ze zašlých dob".

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