BROCKHAUS, FRIEDRICH ARNOLD German publisher, was born at Dortmund, on May 4, 1772. He devoted two years at Leipzig to the study of modern languages and literature, after which he set up an emporium for English goods. In 1805 he began business as a publisher. About 1808 Brockhaus purchased the copyright of the Konversations-Lexikon, which was started in 1796, and in i8io–i 1 he completed the first edition of this encyclopaedia (17th ed. 1908-10; new im pression 1920) ; a second edition under his own editorship was begun in 1812. His business extended rapidly, and in 181$ Brockhaus removed to Leipzig, where he established a large printing-house. Among the more extensive of his many literary undertakings were the critical periodicals—Hermes, the Liter arisches Konversationsblatt (afterwards the Blatter fur literar ische Unterhaltung), and the Zeitgenossen, and some large his torical and bibliographical works, such as Raumer's Geschichte der Hohenstaufen, and Ebert's Allgemeines bibliographisches Lex ikon. F. A. Brockhaus died at Leipzig on Aug. 20, 1823. The business was carried on by his sons, Friedrich (1800-65), who retired in 1850, and Heinrich (1804-74), under whom it was con siderably extended. In the years 1842-48, Heinrich Brockhaus represented Leipzig in the Saxon second chamber, was made hon orary citizen of that city in 1872, and died there on Nov. i5, He was succeeded by his sons Eduard (1829-1914), and Rudolf (1838-98) . Eduard was a member of the Reichstag (1871-78), and one of the accepted leaders of the book trade in Germany. The business was continued by members of the family.
See H. E. Brockhaus, Friedrich A. Brockhaus, sein Leben and Wirken nach Brief en and andern Aufzeichnungen (Leipzig, 1872-81) , and Die Firma F. A. Brockhaus von der Begrfindung bis zum hundert jiahrigen Jubilaum 1805-1905 (Leipzig, Another of Friedrich's sons, HERMANN BROCKHAUS (1806 1877), German Orientalist, was born at Amsterdam on Jan. 28, 1806. He was appointed extraordinary professor in Jena in 1838, and in 1841 at Leipzig, where in 1848 he was made ordinary pro fessor of ancient Semitic. He died at Leipzig on Jan. 5, His most important work was the editio princeps (1839) of the Katha-sarit-sagara, "The Ocean of the Streams of Story," the large collection of Sanskrit stories made by Sonia Deva in the 12th century.