Joseph Neuberg
1806–67
German-born manufacturer, and friend of Thomas Carlyle. In business in Hamburg and Nottingham; retired early. Became a British citizen in 1845. Became friends with Carlyle in 1848 and then worked as his "volunteer secretary" from 1849. Travelled as Carlyle’s guide across some of the battlefields of Frederick II of Prussia, 1852 and 1858. Translated some of Carlyle’s works into German.
Source
Kaplan 1983, Modern English biography.
Bibliography
Kaplan, Fred. 1983. Thomas Carlyle: a biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Modern English biography: Modern English biography, containing many thousand concise memoirs of persons who have died since the year 1850. By Frederick Boase. 3 vols. and supplement (3 vols.). Truro, Cornwall: the author. 1892–1921.
