Abraham Enschedé

Dutch newspaper editor and printer
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IntroDutch newspaper editor and printer
PlacesNetherlands
wasEditor Journalist Art collector
Work fieldArts Journalism
Gender
Male
Birth20 March 1760, Haarlem, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands
Death2 August 1820Haarlem, County of Holland, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands (aged 60 years)
Star signPisces
Family
Mother:Helena Hoefnagel
Father:Johannes Enschedé (1708-1780)
Siblings:Jacobus Enschedé I Johannes Enschedé II
Spouse:Sadrina Christina Swaving
Children:Jacobus Enschedé II
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Biography

Abraham Enschedé (20 March 1760 in Haarlem – 2 August 1820 in Haarlem) was a Dutch newspaper editor and printer.

Biography

He was a son of Johannes Enschedé and Helena Hoefnagel. For some time he was a partner in the family company. On 31 October 1785 in Weesp he married Sandrina Christina Swaving (Rio de Berbice 25 December 1768–Haarlem 28 June 1822) the daughter of Jan Justus Swaving and Christina Elisabeth Becker. On 16 March 1787 in Haarlem his son Jacobus Enschedé II was born.

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