Charles Egmond d'Arcis

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UIAA General Assembly Geneva 1936: 1. Kalbermatten SAC, 2. D'Arcis Pres. UIAA, 3. Dosio CAI, 4. Siogren Sweden, 5. Lory CAF, 6-8 Goetel, Klemensiewicz, Szatkowski Poland
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Charles Egmond d'Arcis (* 1887 in Florence ; † December 7, 1971 in Geneva ) was a Swiss journalist , mountaineer and first president of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA).

life and work

Arcis grew up in Geneva with two brothers, where he attended schools and studied. His father was the Englishman Arthur d'Arcis (1853–1921), his mother was Swiss. He was fluent in Italian, English, German and French. He studied from 1907 to 1913 at the Faculty of Philosophy and Social Sciences at the University of Geneva and was a member of the Zofingia student association . In 1914 he was a teacher at the Higher Commercial School in Geneva.

In Geneva he worked for English newspapers including The Economist and The Times of London and reported on the activities of the League of Nations in the interwar period . He was acting in an important place and at a crucial time when the League of Nations invested a great deal of energy in cultivating its reputation and image and in negotiating its relationship with the press.

After the war, Arcis played a leading role in internationalizing the media community and promoting Geneva as an international city. He was a member and in 1934 President of the Cercle des Amitiés Internationales CAI (International Circle of Friendship) and from 1955 to 1956 he served as President of the Association of Foreign Press in Switzerland and Liechtenstein APES. He was a writer and critic at the Tribune de Genève .

In addition to his journalistic activities, like his father and two brothers, he was enthusiastic about the mountains and nature, about which he wrote numerous articles and books. In 1905 he joined the Geneva SAC section and later became its president. He was a member of the Valais Association of Natural Sciences ( La Murithienne ) and the Geneva Geographic Society . He was president of the Alpine Center Zermatt , founded in 1944 .

From 1932 to 1964 he was President of the newly founded UIAA. Like the League of Nations, the UIAA in Geneva was deeply rooted in its international spirit, upheld by contemporary authors such as Robert de Traz and the Swiss government. The UIAA presidency was suspended during the war.

In September 1945 he wrote to all UIAA members worldwide:

“Without leaving the field of mountaineering, the UIAA could play a leading role in the moral reconstruction of the world. He is convinced that no member of the large Alpine family would shy away from taking on this responsibility. "

- Charles Egmond d'Arcis

In 1964 he became an honorary member of the UIAA . He was a member and honorary member of the Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club.

Fonts (selection)

  • with Marcel Raisin: La gare ... demeure et ne se vend pas: revue en deux actes et trois tableaux, jouée au Banquet d'Escalade de la Société de Zofingue, le 15 December 1909 . Imprimerie de la Tribune de Genève, Geneva 1909.
  • Souvenir de l'inauguration de la cabane Britania le 17 août 1912 Écho des Alpes: organe du Club alpin suisse pour les sections de langue française, October 19, 1912.
  • " Rule Britannia ". Les Anglais et la Guerre . Delachaux & Niestlé, Neuchâtel 1916.
  • with David-Louis Delètra and Emile Thury: Les cabanes de la Section genevoise du CAS , 1924.
  • En Montagne. Récits et souvenirs . Editeurs Sonor SA, Geneva 1936.
  • Neiges éternelles. V. Attinger, Neuchâtel Paris 1945.
  • with Walter Schmid: Au vent des quatre mille: dans les Alpes suisses . Payot, Lausanne 1953.
  • L'évolution de l'alpinisme. Conquête des Alpes: deux siècles d'art et d'histoire . Musée d'art et d'histoire, Exposition du 26 février on 20 mars 1955.
  • with Edouard Wyss-Dunant and Otto Hassler: La Section genevoise du Club alpin suisse, 1865–1965 Genève: Club alpin suisse, 1965.

literature

Web links

Remarks

  1. ↑ Journal de Genève of December 8, 1971: C. Egmond d'Arcis
  2. ↑ Le Cercle des Amitiés Internationales
  3. ^ Association de la Presse Etrangère en Suisse et au Lichtenstein
  4. ^ Société de Géographie de Genève, founded in 1858
  5. ^ Ilaria Scaglia: The Emotions of Internationalism. Feeling International Cooperation in the Alps in the Interwar Period. University Press, Oxford 2020
  6. ^ The Association of British Members of the Swiss Alpine Club: Journal 1953
personal data
SURNAME D'Arcis, Charles Egmond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist
DATE OF BIRTH 1887
PLACE OF BIRTH Florence
DATE OF DEATH 7th December 1971
Place of death Geneva