JW
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English printer
Gender:
Male
Is:
Birth:
1799
Death:
18 December 1883
The details
Biography
John Wertheimer (1799 – December 18, 1883) was an English printer. He was senior member of the firm of Wertheimer, Lea & Co.
From 1820 until his death he was actively engaged as a printer in London; and many important educational, medical, and philological works were issued from his press. His firm printed most of the works needing Hebrew type, also commercial reports and The Jewish Chronicle.