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  • Agnes Louise Antonie Knopf (1861 - 1943)
    Eintrag im »Gedenkbuch« des Bundesarchivs:* Knopf, Agnes* geborene Lehmann* geboren am 28. November 1861 in Berlin / - / Stadt Berlin* wohnhaft in Berlin* Deportationsziel:* ab Berlin* 14. September 19...
  • Alfred A. Knopf, Jr. (1918 - 2009)
    Abraham Knopf, Jr. (June 17, 1918 – February 14, 2009) was one of the founders of Atheneum Publishers in 1959.BiographyHe was the only child of publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. and Blanche Wolf. He was b...
  • Alfred A. Knopf (1892 - 1984)
    Abraham Knopf, Sr. (September 12, 1892 – August 11, 1984) was an American publisher of the 20th century, and founder of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.. His contemporaries included the likes of Bennett Cerf and ...
  • Blanche Knopf (1894 - 1966)
    Wolf Knopf (July 30, 1894 – June 4, 1966) was the president of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. and wife of publisher Alfred Knopf, with whom she established the firm in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled the worl...
  • Catharina L. Burger (1832 - 1896)

About the Knopf surname

SIGNIFICATION

Correspond au mot allemand Knopf = bouton. Surnom métonymique donné à un fabricant ou à un marchand de boutons. Éventuellement, sobriquet métaphorique donné à un petit homme rond comme un bouton.

Variantes : Knoop, Knop, Knopp. Dérivés : Knopfel, Knopfelmacher, Knopfler, Knopfli, Knopflin.