Bernhard Christoph Breitkopf was a German printer and publisher, and founder of the publisher that became Breitkopf & Härtel.
In 1714 he moved to Leipzig and worked for one year in a print shop. Wikipedia
Born: March 2, 1695, Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
Died: March 26, 1777 (age 82 years), Leipzig, Germany
Children: Johann Gottlob Immanuel Breitkopf
Grandchildren: Christoph Gottlob Breitkopf and Bernhard Theodor Breitkopf