George Westermann

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title: "George Westermann" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["german-publishers-(people)", "german-booksellers", "19th-century-german-publishers-(people)", "19th-century-german-businesspeople", "german-company-founders", "1810-births", "1879-deaths", "people-from-leipzig"] description: "German publisher (1810–1879)" topic_path: "geography/germany" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Westermann" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary German publisher (1810–1879) ::

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George Westermann (born February 23, 1810 in Leipzig; died September 7, 1879 in Wiesbaden) was a German entrepreneur and publisher.

Life

Westermann was son of Heinrich Christoph Carl Westermann (1777–1835). His older brother was the philogist Anton Westermann. He went to Humanistisches Gymnasium Albertina in Freiberg and since 1827 worked for the publisher Friedrich Vieweg in Braunschweig. In 1838, Westermann founded with help of the publisher Eduard Vieweg the German publishing company Westermann Verlag in Braunschweig. His son was German publisher Friedrich Westermann (1840–1907).

References

• Everhard Westermann (ed.): Der Verleger George Westermann 1810–1879. Ein Lebensbild in Briefen und Tagebüchern. Georg Westermann, Braunschweig 1965
• 150 Jahre Westermann 1838–1988 ... und beehre ich mich Ihnen anzuzeigen. Eine Firmengeschichte durch anderthalb Jahrhunderte. Westermann Verlag, Braunschweig 1988;
• Rudolf Schmidt: Deutsche Buchhändler. Deutsche Buchdrucker. Beiträge zu einer Firmengeschichte des deutschen Buchgewerbes, Verlag der Buchdruckerei Franz Weber (später: Verlag von Rudolf Schmidt, Eberswalde), Berlin 1902–1908; S. 1042–1043.

References

1. [https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/sfz10978.html#ndbcontent Deutsche-biographie.de: George Westermann]

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