Siegmund Hildesheimer
Based in London and Manchester, England.
Siegmund Hildesheimer (1832–1896) was born in Halberstadt, Germany, the son of Abraham Hildesheimer and Sara Meyer. He moved to Manchester, England in the mid-1870s. On 15 August 1858, Hildesheimer married Pauline Hirsh, and they had two daughters, Margarethe Hildesheimer and Anna Hildesheimer.
As a British publisher, he was best known for Christmas and other greetings cards, and postcards, which were produced by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co Ltd, in London and Manchester. He used some of early Beatrix Potter's drawings of rabbits for on Christmas cards that he published.
His younger brother Albert Hildesheimer (1843–1924) was also active in publishing Christmas cards, and in 1881 went into partnership with Charles William Faulkner, as Hildesheimer & Faulkner, with offices in London.
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