David Hoeschel
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| Intro | Librarian | |
| A.K.A. | David Hoeschel | |
| A.K.A. | David Hoeschel | |
| Places | Germany | |
| was | Librarian Scholar Classical scholar | |
| Work field | Academia Literature | |
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| Birth | 8 April 1556, Augsburg, Germany | |
| Death | 19 October 1617Augsburg, Germany (aged 61 years) | |
| Star sign | Aries |
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David Hoeschel (also Höschel) (Latin: Hoeschelius) (8 April 1556, Augsburg – 19 October 1617, Augsburg) was a German librarian, editor and scholar.
He was a pupil of Hieronymus Wolf. Rector of the St. Anna Gymnasium in Augsburg, he founded in 1594 with Marcus Welser the press "Ad insigne pinus". Up to 1617 it produced about 70 works, among them being the editio princeps of the Bibliotheca of Photius I of Constantinople.