Salomon Soldin
Salomon Soldin was a Danish bookseller, publisher, editor, writer and translator.
Early life and background
Soldin was born into a Jewish family in Copenhagen, the son of Israel Isak Soldin, a merchant, and Malka m who had emigrated to Denmark from Germany. He had four brothers and four sisters.Career
Salomon Soldin trained as a bookseller with his elder brother Abraham Soldin and became a partner in the company in an early age. A third brother was the antique book seller Hartvig Soldin. The brothers Salomon and Abraham Soldin created a publishing house of considerable size. Their publications included H. A. Kofod's first encyclopedia which was published in 20 volumes from 1816, a popular series of travel books and many school books.Soldin was editor of the journal Nyeste Skilderie af Kjøbenhavn from 1804–25 and its publisher from 1811. He wrote many of the articles himself while other contributors included Rasmus Nyerup, Knud Lyhne Rahbek, N.F.S. Grundtvig and Christian Molbech.