Johannes Enschedé IV

Johannes Enschedé IV
Portrait by Johan Neuman, c. 1865
Born	(1811-11-20)20 November 1811 Haarlem, First French Empire
Died	16 August 1878(1878-08-16) (aged 66) Haarlem, Netherlands
Occupations	Publisher printer
Spouses	Mathilda Amelie Lambert ​ ​ (m. 1849; died 1855)​ Henriette Mirandolle ​ ​ (m. 1858)​
Children	Johannes Enschedé V
Parents	Johannes Enschedé III (father) Catharina van Walré (mother)
Relatives	Adriaan Enschedé (first cousin)

Johannes Enschedé IV (Haarlem, 20 November 1811 – Haarlem, 16 August 1878) was a Haarlem newspaper editor and printer.

Biography

He was the great-great-grandson of the founder of the Joh. Enschedé company, and the son of Johannes Enschedé III. He studied law in Leiden and returned to become partner in the family company. On 29 November 1849 in Paris, he married Mathilda Amelie Lambert, (Mortefontaine, 11 June 1827 – Haarlem, 2 October 1855), daughter of John Lambert and Charlotte Robertine Mirandolle. From this marriage was born on 26 August 1851 a son, Johannes Enschedé V. He remarried in Amsterdam on 11 November 1858 with Henriette Jacqueline Mirandolle (The Hague, 31 August 1826 – Haarlem, 12 September 1900), daughter of Mr. Charles François Mirandolle and Georgine Antoinette van der Tuuk.

References

• Het huis Enschedé 1703–1953, Joh. Enschedé en Zonen, Haarlem 1953
• Enschede aan het Klokhuisplein, (Dutch), by Just Enschede, De Vrieseborch, Haarlem, 1991, ISBN 9060763416
• Catalogue de la bibliothèque (manuscrits, ouvrages xylographiques, incunables, ouvrages d'estampes, livres curieux et rares) formée pendant le 18e siècle par Messieurs Izaak, Iohannes et le Dr. Iohannes Enschedé, sale catalog for the auction of Enschedé III's collection by Frederik Muller and Martinus Nijhoff, 9 December 1867; version on Google books