Georg Thieme

The Thieme family vault in Leipzig's Südfriedhof cemetery.

Georg Thieme (2 July 1860, Leipzig – 26 December 1925, Leipzig) was a German publisher, notable for founding the Georg Thieme Verlags in 1886 - it still operates as Thieme Medical Publishers. He was the son of the industrialist Alfred Thieme and elder brother of the art historian Ulrich Thieme.

References

• (in German) Katrin Löffler, Iris Schöpa, Heidrun Sprinz; Der Leipziger Südfriedhof – Geschichte / Grabstätten / Grabdenkmäler; Edition Leipzig in der Dornier Medienholding Berlin, 1. Auflage 2000; ISBN 3-361-00526-4