Friedrich Johannes Frommann
1797–1886
German bookseller and publisher. Proprietor of the Friedrich Frommann bookshop and publishing house in Jena. Succeeded his father in running the business in 1837 and played a major role in the organisation of the German book trade.
Sources
Der große Brockhaus
Meyers enzyklopädisches Lexikon.
Bibliography
Der große Brockhaus: Der große Brockhaus. Handbuch des Wissens in zwanzig Bänden. 15th edition. 20 vols. and supplement. Leipzig: F. A. Brockhaus. 1928–35.
Meyers enzyklopädisches Lexikon. Ninth edition. 25 vols. with supplement (2 editions), atlas and index of names. Mannheim: Bibliographisches Institut, Lexikonverlag. 1971–84.
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