Andreas Baumgartner (language teacher)

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Andreas Baumgartner (born May 6, 1844 in Schwändi , Canton Glarus ; † March 10, 1936 in Zurich ) was a Swiss language teacher for German, English and French. Most recently he had a teaching position at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich.

Life

He was born in Schwändi near Schwanden GL in 1844 as the son of a farmer and civil servant and his wife Anna Katharina, née Schießer. After attending the teachers' seminar, Andreas Baumgartner switched to the Federal Polytechnic University. He later studied in Paris and at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland. He then spent seven years in France, England and Scotland, where he acquired knowledge of the national language that he brought with him to Switzerland.

From 1874 to 1888 he worked as a teacher at the secondary school in Winterthur and then moved to the secondary school in Zurich until 1913. In 1889 he had already received a teaching position for German for foreign speakers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich. During this time he had also received an honorary doctorate and professor.

family

He had been married to Alice Berta, nee Teucher, since 1882. Their son Hans became a pastor in Schwamandingen.

Fonts (selection)

  • William Wordsworth. A contribution to a better appreciation of the poet on German soil , Zurich: Zürcher und Furrer, 1896.
  • Course of the English language , Zurich: Verlag Art Institut Orell Füssli, 1916.
  • Exercise book on English grammar , Zurich: Verlag Art Institut Orell Füssli, 1923.
  • English language course. Part 1: Elementary Book , Zurich: Orell Füssli, 1928.
  • French translation book for teaching at the intermediate level and for repeating grammar , Zurich: Orell Füssli, 1937.
  • The first year of German. Textbook , 5th edition, Zurich, undated
  • Exercices de Français. Exercise book for studying French grammar , Zurich: Orell Füssli, undated

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Manfred Overesch, Friedrich Wilhelm Saal: Chronicle of German Contemporary History , Volume Das Deutsche Reich 1933–1939 , 1982, page 266.
  2. ↑ Mentioned on Schwändi's website
personal data
SURNAME Baumgartner, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss language teacher for German, English and French
DATE OF BIRTH May 6, 1844
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwändi , Canton of Glarus
DATE OF DEATH March 10, 1936
Place of death Zurich