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F. A. Brockhaus AG was a German book publishing firm founded by Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus.It was best known for its eponymous encyclopedia and other renown bedrock brands for lexical functional grammar such as Duden, Meyers or the Harenberg Lexikon-Verlag and Kunstverlag Weingarten.
In the years 1842–1848, Heinrich Brockhaus was member of the Saxon second chamber, as representative for Leipzig, was made honorary citizen of that city in 1872, and died there on 15 November 1874. [1] His firm continues under the name F. A. Brockhaus AG in his honor. He is also the eponym of 27765 Brockhaus, a main-belt asteroid discovered ...
In 1984 Bibliographisches Institut AG amalgamated with its biggest competitor in the market of reference works, F. A. Brockhaus of Wiesbaden to Bibliographisches Institut & F. A. Brockhaus AG, [5] having their seat in Mannheim. After the German reunification the company regained its former properties in Leipzig in 1991. [6]
In February 2008, F. A. Brockhaus announced the changeover to an online encyclopedia and the discontinuation of the printed editions. The rights to the Brockhaus trademark were purchased by Arvato services, a subsidiary of the Bertelsmann media group. After more than 200 years, the distribution of the Brockhaus encyclopedia ceased completely in ...
Henriette Michaelis and her sister Carolina Michaëlis de Vasconcelos produced first Michaelis dictionary, published at the end of the 19th century by F. A. Brockhaus AG. [4] Publishing rights were obtained by the Melhoramentos publishing house in 1950s. [1]
Der kleine Brockhaus from 1949. Der kleine Brockhaus (English: The little Brockhaus) is the name of a series of encyclopedias published by F. A. Brockhaus.It was published as an alternative to the Großer Brockhaus (big Brockhaus) which are the main encyclopedia published by the same company.
Brockhaus may refer to: Friedrich Arnold Brockhaus (1772–1823), German encyclopedia publisher and editor F.A. Brockhaus AG, his publishing firm; Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, an encyclopedia published by the firm; 27765 Brockhaus, an asteroid named for him; Hermann Brockhaus (1806–1877), German orientalist
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie: in print 1796–2006, online-only since 2014; Conversations-Lexikon mit vorzüglicher Rücksicht auf die gegenwärtigen Zeiten (1796–1808; see Brockhaus) Der kleine Brockhaus (1925–1962, a shorter encyclopedia published by F. A. Brockhaus AG) Grosses vollständiges Universal-Lexicon (1751–1754)