Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography/Morwitz, Edward

MORWITZ, Edward, publisher, b. in Dantzic, Prussia, 12 June, 1815; d. in Philadelphia, 13 Dec., 1893. He studied at the universities of Halle, Leipsic, and Berlin, received in 1841, from the latter, the degree of M. D., and was made first assistant of the Hufelande clinic there. In 1850 he came to this country, settling in Philadelphia, where in 1853 he purchased the “German Democrat,” which was long edited and published by him. He also became the owner of the “Pennsylvanian” and the “Age,” which he conducted for some time, and he was the owner of various printing-houses in several of the states, from which he issued more than 200 newspapers. Dr. Morwitz invented an improved needle-gun. He published numerous books, including a “History of Medicine” (Leipsic, 1845) and “German-American Dictionary” (Philadelphia, 1882).