Charles de Bosset

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Charles-Philippe de Bosset (born July 29, 1773 in Neuchâtel ; † March 15, 1845 ibid) was a Swiss engineer who became governor of the island of Kefalonia as an officer in the British army .

He was a member of the so-called Swiss Regiment and rose to the rank of Colonel . From 1810 to 1813 he was the island governor of Kefalonia. Numerous infrastructure measures can be traced back to him, including the expansion of the road network and the construction of today's De Bosset Bridge over the Gulf of Argostoli . In order to increase the financial scope he introduced taxes, e.g. B. on street lighting and had illegal extensions in the main street Lithostroto demolished.

He made various excavations on Kefalonia and Ithaca . He bequeathed the archaeological collection he created to the British Museum in London and to the city of Neuchâtel, where more than 40 Mycenaean vases are kept in the Musée cantonal d'archéologie . From 1816 to 1818 he worked as an inspector of the Ionian Islands. On his farewell, citizens presented him with a gold medal that was written in Greek and Italian.

After returning to Switzerland, he often stayed in England, where he made the work of the optician Pierre-Louis Guinand known. In 1827 Bosset founded a glove factory in Fleurier .

In recognition of his services, Charles de Bosset was knighted of the Guelph Order in 1816 .

Works

  • Parga, and the Ionian islands. J. Warren, London 1821 ( online ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Arthur Shaw: The Knights of England. Volume 1, Sherratt and Hughes, London 1906, p. 463 ( archive.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Bosset, Charles de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bosset, Charles-Philippe de (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss engineer
DATE OF BIRTH July 29, 1773
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuchâtel
DATE OF DEATH March 15, 1845
Place of death Neuchâtel