Editor and translator; born in Lebanon, Pa., Jan. 23, 1838; received his education in the public schools of his native place; was apprenticed to the printing business and at the expiration of his apprenticeship worked for a short time in Philadelphia, and then moved to the city of Reading on the 8th of January, 1856, becoming a journeyman printer in the office of the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. In the fall of 1859 went to Columbia, S.C., to work at his trade, but owing to the excited state of the country, incident to the John Brown insurrection, returned to the North in March, 1860, and re-entered the office of the Berks and Schuylkill Journal. In May, 1861, he became chief clerk in Reading post office, holding the position until July, 1865. He then returned to the Journal office and in January following, became a partner, the firm being J. Knabb & Co. In 1869 the firm became proprietors of the Reading Daily Times, which was consolidated in 1871 with the Evening Dispatch. The paper is now published as the Reading Times, with Mr. Zimmerman as editor in chief. For a number of years he has given much attention to the translation of German classics into English, and an edition of his translations in two volumes under the title of "Olla Podrida," was recently issued from the press. Address, Reading, Pa. At the late commencement of Muhlenberg College, Allentown, the degree of Doctor of Literature was conferred upon him. (p. 821)
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