Carl Geibel

Carl Geibel (né Carl Stephan Franz; 19 May 1842 – 5 June 1910) was a Hungarian-born German book dealer and publisher. He built up , the Leipzig based publisher of the (General German Biography), a 56 volume German dictionary of national biography covering approximately 26,500 notable German and Dutch people who died before 1900.

Life Family Carl Stephan Franz Geibel was born in Pest (today the central part of Budapest) where his parents were living in connection with his father's business. He was the eldest of his parents' four recorded sons. His father, (1806-1884), was also a successful book dealer and publisher. Carl Geibel, the father, came originally from Halle. The mother, born Leonore Weisz, had been born in 1820 in Szeged, a city to the south of Budapest. He attended St. Thomas School and then, between 1855 and 1858, the Ausfeld educational establishment in Schnepfenthal. After this he embarked on an apprenticeship in the book trade, initially with the pioneering book dealer .

Publishing He moved on to work successively in Gotha, Dorpat (as it was known at that time) and Budapest. In 1866, with his father, he took over the Berlin publishing firm of which they immediately relocated to Leipzig.

Recognition The Law faculty at Leipzig University awarded Geibel an honorary doctorate in 1902 in appreciation of Duncker & Humblot's contribution as academic and legal publishers.