John Wertheimer
John Wertheimer | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1799 |
| Died | 18 December 1883 (aged 83–84) London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Printer |
John Wertheimer (1799 – 18 December 1883)[1] was an English printer.[2] He was senior member of the firm of Wertheimer, Lea & Co, having founded the company in 1820 and now operating as Williams Lea Tag.[3][4]
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.[5] He also printed The Voice of Jacob, the first Anglo-Jewish Newspaper.[6]
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph; Lipkind, Goodman (1906). "Wertheimer, John". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 12. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 502.
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- ^ "Anglo-Jewish periodicals of the 1840s: The Voice of Jacob and two Jewish Chronicles". UCL. 1 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.