Frederick Praeger

American publisher (1915–1994)

Frederick Amos Praeger (16 September 1915 – 28 May 1994) was an Austrian-born American publisher. In 1950, he founded Frederick A. Praeger, Inc., a "major Manhattan publishing house" whose books would include "art books and books about the Cold War, international affairs, and the military".2

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Born Sep 16, 1915, died May 27, 1994.1

About

The firm later became an imprint of ABC-Clio, which became an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing in 2021.

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Companies

Early life and education

Frederick Amos Praeger was born in Vienna, Austria, on 16 September 1915. His parents were Maximilien "Max" Mayer Präger, an Austrian publisher and newspaper editor, and Mariem Präger (née Foerster). He was an only child.

From 1933 to 1938, he undertook studies in law and political science at the University of Vienna, and in 1934 he studied at the University of Paris. From 1935 to 1938, while pursuing his studies, he also worked in his father's publishing house, R. Loewit Verlag in Vienna.

In 1938, following the rise of Nazism in Austria and with the Praeger family, as Jews, finding itself under increasing threats, he was briefly imprisoned and then migrated to the United States. His parents, who remained behind, were murdered in the Holocaust.

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Career

Occupation: entrepreneur, business executive, publisher.6

Personal life

  • BornSep 16, 1915, Vienna7
  • DiedMay 27, 1994, Boulder8
  • CitizenshipAustria, United States9

Praeger married three times; his third wife was Kellie Masterson. Praeger had four children, daughters Claudia, Andrea, Manya and Alexandra. He died in Boulder, Colorado on 28 May 1994.

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