Meyer

Meyer, JOSEPH, publisher and industrial organiser, was born at Gotha, 9th May 1796, and died on 27th June 1856. A man of great energy and liberal ideas, he started several industrial enterprises, the most important being the issue of great serial works by subscription at low prices, such as the German classics, the Konversationslexikon (see ENCYCLOPÆDIA), People's Library of Natural Philosophy, Historical Library, &c. His publishing business, the 'Bibliographical Institute,' was founded at Gotha, but in 1828 was transferred to Hildburghausen, in 1874 (by his son) to Leipzig.