Category:Christopher Sower (elder)
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| Date of birth | 2 February 1695, 1695, 1693 Ladenburg | ||||
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| Date of death | 25 September 1757, 25 September 1758 Germantown | ||||
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English: Christoph Sower (German: Johann Christoph Sauer) (1695-1758) was the first German-language printer in North America. He worked as a printer and publisher in Germantown (now part of Philadelphia), Colonial Pennsylvania. He was the father of Christopher Sower (younger) (1721-1784) and grandfather of Christopher Sower III (1754-1799, both also printers in Germantown.
Media in category "Christopher Sower (elder)"
The following 7 files are in this category, out of 7 total.
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20220821Marktplatz 9 Ladenburg3.jpg 3,160 × 2,784; 1.67 MB
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5200 block Sower.JPG 2,507 × 1,880; 2.12 MB
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A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America (1899) (14577574000).jpg 2,402 × 1,408; 384 KB
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A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America (1899) (14763933972).jpg 2,244 × 1,552; 764 KB
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A history of the German Baptist Brethren in Europe and America (1899) (14802093453).jpg 2,118 × 1,392; 725 KB
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Almanac Sauer.jpg 231 × 297; 29 KB
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Christopher Saur historical marker.JPG 251 × 438; 41 KB
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- Sower (surname)
- Johann (given name)
- Christoph (given name)
- 1695 births
- 1757 deaths
- Births in Baden-Württemberg
- Deaths in Philadelphia
- Printers from the United States
- Publishers from the United States
- Male journalists from the United States
- Male physicians from the United States
- People of Germantown, Philadelphia
- Universität Halle (Saale)
- German bibles
- Immigrants to the United States from Germany
- Dunkard Brethren