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Simprecht Froschauer (d. ca. 1536), a younger half brother of [[Froschauer, Christoph (d. 1564)|Christoph]], in whose [[Zürich (Switzerland)|Zürich]] print shop he worked, joined the [[Anabaptism|Anabaptists]] and followed [[Hubmaier, Balthasar (1480?-1528)|Hubmaier]] to [[Nikolsburg (Jihomoravský kraj, Czech Republic)|Nikolsburg]], where he became Hubmaier's printer from July 1526 to early 1528. Eighteen Hubmaier prints are known to have come from his press, signed "Simprecht Sorg genant Froschauer." Upon Hubmaier's arrest and execution in 1528 Simprecht fled to Liegnitz in Silesia, where he printed some [[Schwenckfeld, Caspar von (1489-1561)|Schwenckfeld]] booklets.
= Bibliography =
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <em>Mennonitisches Lexikon</em>, 4 vols. Frankfurt &amp; Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II.

Leemen, P. <em>Die Offizin Froschauer</em> (Zurich, 1940) pp.14-16.
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