Anton Largiadèr

Anton Largiadèr (born May 17, 1893 in Winterthur , † January 22, 1974 in Zurich ) was a Swiss historian . From 1931 to 1958 he was Zurich State Archives and from 1944 professor at the University of Zurich .

Life

Anton Largiadèr was the son of an engineer and lecturer at the Technikum Winterthur . He graduated from the literary high school in Zurich and from 1913 to 1919 studied history at the University of Zurich (doctorate in 1919). He then worked as a high school teacher. In 1929 he married Lydia Reinhart, daughter of the entrepreneur Paul Reinhart .

In 1931 Anton Largiadèr was appointed Zurich State Archivist and habilitated at the University of Zurich for the history of the Middle Ages . From 1944 he worked as a part-time associate professor for historical auxiliary sciences and Zurich regional history at the University of Zurich. From 1953 to 1969 he chaired the board of trustees of the Pius Foundation .

In 1960 he was elected a corresponding member of the Göttingen Academy of Sciences .

Publications

• Investigations into the sovereignty of the Zurich state. Schulthess, Zurich 1920, 59 pages.
• Mayor Rudolf Brun and the Zurich Revolution of 1336. Leemann, Zurich 1936, 205 pages.
• History of the city and landscape of Zurich. 2 volumes. Rentsch, Erlenbach 1945, 472 and 410 pages.
• Zurich's alliance with the Waldstätten. Beer, Zurich 1951, 143 pages.
• The papal documents of Switzerland from Innocent III. to Martin V. The papal documents of the Zurich State Archives. Schulthess, Zurich 1963, 318 pages.
• The papal documents of Switzerland from Innocent III. to Martin V. without Zurich. Part I: 1198 to 1304. Schulthess, Zurich 1968, 380 pages.
• The papal documents of Switzerland from Innocent III. to Martin V. without Zurich. Part II: From Clemens V to Martin V. Schulthess, Zurich 1970, 442 pages.

literature

• Martin Illi : Largiadèr, Anton. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
• Ulrich Helfenstein: Anton Largiadèr 1893–1974. In: Archival Journal . Vol. 71 (1975), pp. 75-78, DOI: 10.7788 / az.1975.71.1.75 .
• Dietrich Schwarz , Werner Schnyder (Ed.): Archivalia et Historica. Works in the field of history and archives. Festschrift for Prof. Dr. Anton Largiadèr presented to his 65th birthday on May 17, 1958 by friends, colleagues and students. Report house, Zurich 1958.

Web links

• Literature by and about Anton Largiadèr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Largiadèr, Anton .  Publications in the bibliographic database of the Regesta Imperii .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Holger Krahnke: The members of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen 1751-2001 (= Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Philological-Historical Class. Volume 3, Vol. 246 = Treatises of the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen, Mathematical-Physical Class. Episode 3, vol. 50). Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2001, ISBN 3-525-82516-1 , p. 145.