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Samuel Orgelbrand
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most prominent polish-jewish printers and publishers of the 19th century”. Today it says “polish-jewish printer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Orgelbrand's tomb in Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw Commemorative stone in Orgelbrand Square”. It now reads “Polish-Jewish printer, bookseller, and publisher (1810-1868)”.
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Samuel Orgelbrand Orgelbrand tomb in Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw Commemorative stone in Orgelbrand Square Samuel Orgelbrand (1810 – 16 November 1868) was one of the most prominent Polish-Jewish printers , booksellers, and publishers of the 19th century.1 He is best known as the initiator, organizer, and publisher of the Encyklopedia Powszechna (Universal Encyclopedia), or "Orgelbrand's Encyclopedia", the first modern Polish encyclopedia.
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “one of the most prominent polish-jewish printers and publishers of the 19th century”. Today it says “polish-jewish printer”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Orgelbrand's tomb in Okopowa Street Jewish Cemetery in Warsaw Commemorative stone in Orgelbrand Square”. It now reads “Polish-Jewish printer, bookseller, and publisher (1810-1868)”. Read the current article and compare.
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one of the most prominent polish-jewish printers and publishers of the 19th century
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polish-jewish printer
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