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Melchior Lotter

German typographer and publisher, c. 1470-1549
Person Human Q71314
Melchior Lotter
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Facts

15 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[11]
Date of birth
1470
Date of death
February 1, 1549
Place of birth
Aue
Place of death
Leipzig
Country of citizenship
Germany[10]
Occupation
typographer, publisher, cartographer
Child
Melchior Lotter, Michael Lotter[8][9]
Work location
Leipzig, Meissen[14][15]
Languages spoken, written or signed
German[18]
Copyright status as a creator
copyrights on works have expired[19]
Described by source
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie[16][17]
Family name
Lotter[12]
Given name
Melchior[13]
🏷️ Also known as
en Melchior Lotter en Melchior Lotter the Elder en Melchior Lottherus en Melchior Lotther en Melchiar Lotter cs Melchior Lotther cs Melchiar Lotter de Melchior Lotter der Ältere de Melchior Lotter fa Lotter fi Melchior Lotter the Elder fi Melchiar Lotter fi Melchior Lotter fi Melchior Lotther fi Melchior Lottherus fr Melchior Lotter fr Melchior Lotter l'aîné fr Melchior Lotter l'ancien ru Лоттер, Мельхиор ru Мельхиор Лоттер
🔖 Identifiers · 33
ISNI
0000000120221845
VIAF cluster ID
22025227
Library of Congress Authorities ID
nr94021955
GND ID
119747162
Biblioteche della Custodia di Terra Santa a Gerusalemme ID
21417
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
122307668
Biblissima authority ID
Plectreuridae
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
lotter-melchior
CERL Thesaurus ID
cnp01303281, cni00040040, cnp01460318
DDB person (GND) ID
119747162
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
119747162
Digital portrait index person (GND) ID
119747162
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FactGrid item ID
Eva Maria Waibel
Freebase ID
/m/0fqkln
Hill Museum & Manuscript Library ID
person/303011717579
IdRef ID
076887723
J9U entity ID
987007264736505171
KSW person ID
84712
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
119747162
NL CR AUT ID
ola2008452347
NLP ID
a0000002402078
NUKAT ID
n2010102922
National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810660059905606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX4872675
Obálky knih ID
ola2008452347
Oxford Reference overview ID
20110803100115654
Personendatenbank Germania Sacra ID
063-01317-001
Prabook ID
2166329
Provenio UUID
7e3fed93-4693-4a14-a1e1-265b1fb7d2ce, faa7e0aa-6217-417b-84fb-b6fcb92f6bd0, 11a27264-6d25-48cc-998c-83e4e7320257
RedBA Granada authority ID
27548
Saxon Biography ID
2727
WorldCat Entities ID
E39PBJrWBCG9FqQKjvyVxBj6Kd
Yale LUX ID
person/9de0e0f4-fac4-47c0-92cf-3f7e2669c0d3

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🔗 Connections
Occupation 3
publisher, cartographer, typographer
Work location 2
Leipzig, Meissen
Country of citizenship 1
Germany
Described by source 1
Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie
Given name 1
Melchior
Instance of 1
human
Languages spoken, written or signed 1
German
Place of birth 1
Aue
Place of death 1
Leipzig
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Melchior Lotter was born on 1470[1] in Aue[2]. He died on February 1, 1549[3], in Leipzig[4]. He worked as a typographer[5], publisher[6], and cartographer[7].

FAQs

Where was Melchior Lotter born?

Melchior Lotter was born in Aue[2].

Where did Melchior Lotter die?

Melchior Lotter died in Leipzig[4].

What did Melchior Lotter do for work?

Melchior Lotter worked as a typographer[5], publisher[6], and cartographer[7].

Related Entities

Germany Leipzig

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [8] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [9] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [6] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [7] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [1] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [3] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  12. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [14] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [15] ↑ . Integrated Authority File. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [17] ↑ . Deutsche Biographie. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [19] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 5d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Child → Melchior Lotter, Michael Lotter
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64331: import child (P40) from GND"
  2. 7d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #64168: add GND as source to unsourced or imported family members"
  3. 11d ago · Printstream · 2026-11-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, Neue Deutsche Biographie
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #63392: add described by source NDB and NDB-online (2/2)"
  4. 7w ago · Printstream · 2026-09-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Saxon Biography ID → 2727
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #56009: migrate GND to own IDs"
  5. 16w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority ID → Plectreuridae
    "Created claim: Biblissima authority ID: Q11683, Import ID Biblissima V2 (details)"
  6. 18w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Digital portrait index person (GND) ID → 119747162
    "Created claim: Digital portrait index person (GND) ID: 119747162, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783130387391"
  7. 19w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    KSW person ID → 84712
    "Created claim: KSW person ID: 84712, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1782930557898"
  8. 23w ago · MariuszRokin · 2026-06-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    RedBA Granada authority ID → 27548
    "Created claim: RedBA Granada authority ID: 27548, batch #259265"
  9. 26w ago · Epìdosis · 2026-05-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Given name → Melchior
    Sex or gender → male
    CERL Thesaurus ID → cnp01303281, cni00040040, cnp01460318
    Copyright status as a creator → copyrights on works have expired
    + 11 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Changed the item: QuickStatements 3.0 batch #30851: match CERL IDs on the basis of GND (7)"
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