Career
In 1848 he took part in the side of the insurgents in action against the authorities. Springer was from 1867 to 1873 president of the Booksellers Association of the German booksellers. In addition, he was one of the pioneers of the national and international copyright law.
The text of the plaque at Breite Straße 11 in Berlin-Mitte reads:
Julius Springer
1817 - 1877
Verlagsbuchhändler, gründete an dieser Stelle
am 10.
Mai 1842 den Springer Verlag,
heute einer der größten Wissenschaftsverlage der Welt. (Julius Springer, 1817–1877, publisher, founded here on the 10th of May 1842 Springer-Verlag, today one of the biggest scientific publishing houses in the world).
