Andreas Staehelin

Andreas Staehelin (born November 20, 1926 in Zurich ; † November 20, 2002 in Basel ; reformed ; resident in Basel) was a Swiss historian .

life and work

Andreas Staehelin, son of the psychiatrist John Eugen Staehelin , studied history and German literature from 1945–1951. During this time he joined the Swiss Zofinger Association . In 1951 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on Peter Ochs . After several years of academic activity, archival internships in Munich and Paris and an assistant at the Basel University Library, he became an adjunct at the Basel-Stadt State Archives in 1961 . In the same year he completed his habilitation for Swiss history at the University of Basel. 1967–1991 he was state archivist for the canton of Basel-Stadt . In 1970 he also became an associate professor at the University of Basel. 1970–1973 he was head of the Historical and Antiquarian Society in Basel; 1978–1983 he presided over the General History Research Society of Switzerland. 1973–1991 he was the biennial editor of the Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde .

Andreas Staehelin was married to the English language specialist and high school teacher Adelheid Wackernagel, a daughter of Hans Georg Wackernagel .

Works (selection)

Peter Ochs as historian (= Basel contributions to historical science ; Volume 43). Helbing & Lichtenhahn, Basel 1952, DNB 454817517 (Dissertation University of Basel, Faculty of Philosophy and History, [1952], 276 pages).
History of the University of Basel 1632–1818 , 2 volumes, Basel 1957
History of the University of Basel 1818–1835 , Basel 1959
Professors at the University of Basel from five centuries. Portraits and Appreciations , Basel 1960 (editor)
Helvetik , in: Handbuch der Schweizergeschichte, Volume 2, Zurich 1977, pp. 785–839
The Wildt'sche Haus in Basel. (Swiss Art Guide, No. 583). Ed. Society for Swiss Art History GSK. Bern 1995, ISBN 3-85782-583-9 . (With Brigitte Meles)
The history of the Basel State Archives. From the beginnings to the Rudolf Wackernagel era , Basel 2007 (posthumous), ISBN 978-3-7245-1488-6

literature

Martin Steinmann : Words of Memory to Andreas Staehelin (1926–2002), in: Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde 103 (2003), pp. 5–10 ( digitized version ).

Web links

Franz Egger : Stähelin [Staehelin], Andreas. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Obituary for Andreas Staehelin (PDF; 125 kB), in: Staatsarchiv Basel-Stadt, annual report 2002.

Individual evidence

↑ Schweizerischer Zofingerverein, Schweizerischer Altzofingerverein (Ed.): List of Members 1997. Zofingen 1997, p. 25. (Available in the Swiss National Library , call number SWR 1338.)

personal data
SURNAME	Staehelin, Andreas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Staehelin, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH	November 20, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Zurich
DATE OF DEATH	November 20, 2002
Place of death	Basel

[1] Schweizerischer Zofingerverein, Schweizerischer Altzofingerverein (Ed.): List of Members 1997. Zofingen 1997, p. 25. (Available in the Swiss National Library , call number SWR 1338.)