David Hoeschel, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

David Hoeschel

librarian

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1556

Place of Birth: Augsburg, Bavaria, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Oct-1617

Profession: librarian, classical scholar

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Aries

David Hoeschel (also Höschel) (Latin: Hoeschelius) (8 April 1556, Augsburg – 19 October 1617, Augsburg) was a German librarian, editor and scholar. He was a pupil of Hieronymus Wolf.
Rector of the St.
Anna Gymnasium in Augsburg, he founded in 1594 with Marcus Welser the press "Ad insigne pinus".
Up to 1617 it produced about 70 works, among them being the editio princeps of the Bibliotheca of Photius I of Constantinople.