André Oltramare

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André Louis Oltramare (born August 11, 1884 in Le Petit-Saconnex, Geneva , † August 25, 1947 in Lancy, Geneva) was a Swiss classical philologist and politician ( SP ).

Life

André Oltramare was the son of the religious scholar Paul Oltramare (April 6, 1854 - October 22, 1930), then a Latin teacher, later professor of religious history and Latin at the University of Geneva , and his wife Berthe, née Carteret, (September 28, 1862 - January 4, 1942), a daughter of the radical liberal Geneva politician Antoine Carteret . He had four siblings, including his brother, Georges Oltramare, later known as a right-wing extremist politician .

From 1902 to 1906 André Oltramare studied classical philology at the University of Geneva , where he was a member of the Zofingerverein , then for two semesters at the University of Berlin . From 1908 to 1928 he worked as a Latin teacher at the college and at the secondary school for girls in Geneva. In 1926 he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD. From 1928 to 1947 he succeeded his father and his grandfather as professor for Latin language and literature at the University of Geneva, where he was also dean from 1932 to 1938 . In 1937 he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lyon and a Knight of the French Legion of Honor .

Since 1923 Oltramare was a member of the Social Democratic Party (SP). From 1924 to 1927, as a Geneva State Councilor, he was head of the cantonal education department. He campaigned for teaching reforms and for the introduction of the open access system in public libraries. According to the CIA , he is said to have worked for the Red Three spy network .

In 1946 he was elected to the National Council, where he campaigned against arms exports and submitted an application for the introduction of community service in Switzerland.

On March 29, 1915, Oltramare married Yvonne Wiblé (born December 9, 1894), the daughter of a savings bank director. With her he had two children, the son Marc (born November 6, 1916) and the daughter Ariane (born June 13, 1918). From 1942 until his death he lived with the philosopher Jeanne Hersch .

Fonts

  • (with C.-E. Burnier): Chrestomathie latine , Geneva 1912 (3rd edition 1949)
  • (with L. Brutsch, C. Favez): Grammaire latine , Geneva 1923 (3rd edition 1949)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Andreas Bigger: Oltramare, Paul. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
  2. ↑ a b Genealogical information on the website of the Société Genevoise de Généalogie
  3. ↑ Mark A. Tittenhofer: The Rote Drei: Getting Behind the 'Lucy' Myth. In: cia.gov. September 22, 1993, accessed November 12, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Antoine Fleury (ed.), Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland, vol. 16, doc. 101, Zurich / Locarno / Genève 1997; Digitized at Dodis
  5. ^ Memo : Discussion portant sur la création d'un service civil en faveur des objecteurs de conscience. In: Diplomatic documents of Switzerland (Dodis)
personal data
SURNAME Oltramare, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oltramare, André Louis
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss classical philologist and politician (SP)
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Geneva
DATE OF DEATH August 25, 1947
Place of death Geneva