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A great-uncle, no less

20 Jul 2009

Our very good friend Dr Laurence Boyle explains that Franz Gotthilf Heinrich Jacob Bädeker (1752-1825) was, in fact, a paternal great-uncle of Karl B. In other words, he was the publisher's uncle. And the book was very successful and became a standard work (if that is a permissible adjective for a book on fruit trees...)

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