13 Facts About Eduard Brockhaus

Eduard Brockhaus was a German publisher and politician.

Heinrich Eduard Brockhaus was born into a Protestant family in Leipzig.

Eduard Brockhaus was one of the five recorded children, and the eldest of the three sons, of the publisher-politician Heinrich Brockhaus by his marriage to Pauline Campe.

Eduard Brockhaus was sent for his education to the boarding school at Schnepfenthal between 1837 and 1842.

Rudolf's responsibilities focused especially on the firm's printing operation while Eduard concentrated on the management and commercial aspects of the operation.

Between 1857 and 1863 Eduard Brockhaus was himself editing the Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung.

Eduard Brockhaus presided over the "Leipzig Association of Book Dealers" between 1880 and 1894.

Eduard Brockhaus was a leading figure in the Association of German Book Dealers' Exchanges, serving as the association's secretary and then as chief executive between 1892 and 1895.

Eduard Brockhaus's proposals triggered a major reconfiguration in the way the book exchanges - and therefore the book trade in Germany - operated, even though he was for several years sceptical over the various changes introduced during the 1880s.

Eduard Brockhaus saw the need for some sort of structure, and in the end he was won round to Adolf Kroner's reforms, becoming a stalwart backer.

Eduard Brockhaus was re-elected in 1874 and again in 1877.

Eduard Brockhaus was a backer and huge admirer of Chancellor Bismarck, at whose home he was a regular visitor after Bismarck's departure from office in 1890.

Eduard Brockhaus came from a Roman Catholic banking family based in Hungary.