# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/carl-christoph-traugott-tauchnitz
# Generated: 2026-08-15T10:44:54.204Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/carl-christoph-traugott-tauchnitz"
name: "Carl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz"
slug: "carl-christoph-traugott-tauchnitz"
description: "Karl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz was a German printer and bookseller. He was born at Grosspardau, near Grimma and Leipzig, Germany. He learned the printer's trade at Leipzig, and worked in the printing house of Unger in Berlin. In 1792 he entered the house of Sommer in Leipzig. He began a small printing business of his own in Leipzig in 1796. In 1798 he opened a bookstore in connection with the printing business, and in 1800 a type foundery. His business, “Karl Tauchnitz,” became one of the largest establishments of the kind in Germany."
tagline: "German printer and publisher"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tauchnitz_by_Steinla.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Germany"
  isoCode: "DE"
birthDate: "1761-10-29"
deathDate: "1836-01-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.46
  momentum:             6.050420168067226
  historical:           4.80288
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Christoph_Traugott_Tauchnitz"
    title: "Carl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Christoph_Traugott_Tauchnitz"
    title: "Karl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A8%D7%9C_%D7%9B%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%98%D7%95%D7%A3_%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%95%D7%92%D7%95%D7%98_%D7%98%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9B%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%A5"
    title: "קרל כריסטוף טראוגוט טאוכניץ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolus_Tauchnitius"
    title: "Carolus Tauchnitius"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Christoph_Traugott_Tauchnitz"
    title: "Carl Christoph Traugott Tauchnitz"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1037347"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump