Johannes Enschedé Jr.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Engraving of portrait of Johannes Enschedé Jr by Warnaar Horstink

Johannes Enschedé was regent of the Hofjes Staats and Noblet. His portrait (upper right) was painted by Wybrand Hendriks for the Hofje van Noblet

Johannes Enschedé Jr. (16 November 1750 in Haarlem – 29 July 1799 in Haarlem)^[1] was a Haarlem regent and collector.

Biography

He was the grandson of the founder of the Joh. Enschedé company, and one of the first members of the Dutch Society of Science and the Teylers Second Society. He was a regent of the St. Elizabeth's-Gasthuis and the Hofje van Staats en Noblet. Johannes was the son of Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780) and the brother of Jacobus and Abraham. He married Johanna Elisabeth Swaving and was the father of Johannes Enschedé III and Christiaan Justus (the father of Adriaan Justus Enschedé).

His father was a collector of Costeriana and had statues of Coster and Hadrianus Junius, Coster's biographer, placed in the garden of his home, adjacent to the typesetter's workshop in 1768. An engraving by Cornelis van Noorde shows the workshop and the statues. Enschedé Jr. continued his father's collection of Costeriana and also added his love of Greek and Latin books. He died relatively young, and his wife succeeded him in his role leading the company. Under her influence the day-to-day operations were split into three divisions; the newspaper, the type foundry, and the bible publishing. This "triumvirate" lasted three generations.

Izaak Enschedé 1681–1761

Johannes Enschedé Sr. 1708–1780

Johannes Enschedé Jr. 1750–1799 married to Johanna Elisabeth Swaving 1754-1826

Jacobus Enschedé 1753–1783

Abraham Enschedé 1760–1820

Johannes Enschedé III 1785-1866

Christiaan Justus Enschedé 1788–1829

Christina Gerardus Enschedé 1791-1873

Jacobus Enschedé II 1787-1865

Johannes Enschedé IV 1811-1878

Adriaan Justus Enschedé 1829-1896

Jan Justus Enschedé 1807-1887

References

↑ P.C. Molhuysen en P.J. Blok (red.), Nieuw Nederlandsch biografisch woordenboek. Deel 1 (Dutch) Johannes Enschedé (2)

Enschede aan het Klokhuisplein, (Dutch), by Just Enschede, De Vrieseborch, Haarlem, 1991, ISBN 9060763416

Authority control	BPN: 95522703

Persondata
Name	Enschedé, Johannes Jr.
Alternative names
Short description	18th century regent from the Northern Netherlands
Date of birth	16 November 1750
Place of birth	Haarlem
Date of death	29 July 1799
Place of death	Haarlem

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.