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Cotta, Johann Friedrich (Stuttgart, 1764-1832, Stuttgart), printer and publisher, son of the founder of the firm, which he took over in 1787. Cotta made Schiller's acquaintance in Württemberg in 1794, undertook to publish Die Horen (1795), and subsequently published Schiller's new productions as well as most of Goethe's. Throughout the greater part of the 19th c. the firm was the principal publisher of the German classics. Cotta was also known for his philanthropic activities which included the abolition of serfdom on his estates.

 
 
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Johann Friedrich Freiherr von Cotta (* April 27, 1764 in Stuttgart - † December 29, 1832 in Stuttgart) was a German publisher, industrial pioneer and politician. In 1798 he founded the Allgemeine Zeitung, a popular daily political journal in the first part of the 19th century.

Cotta was considered the leading publisher of the German Enlightenment, and included Goethe and Schiller among his personal friends.

Cotta also held a number of public offices, including diplomatic ones. In appreciation for his work, the German king he served made him a baron, reviving his family’s nobility from its Italian roots.

Cotta’s publishing company survives today, although no longer owned by the family, under the name Klett-Cotta, and can be found online at www.klett-cotta.de. Its contemporary offerings include German-to-Elvish dictionaries tied in to the Lord of the Rings movies.


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