biography
| name: |
Brockhaus, Friedrich Arnold
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pronunciation:
[brokhows]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1772–1823)
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| biography:
| Publisher, born in Dortmund, W Germany. He founded the firm of Brockhaus in Leipzig and published the famous dictionary, Konversations-Lexikon, begun by R G Lömbel in 1796 and completed in 1811. The business was carried on by his descendants. |
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