Edmond Rossier

Edmond Rossier (born February 17, 1865 in Lucens , † October 2, 1945 in Lausanne ), authorized to reside in Villarzel VD , was a Swiss historian , theologian and journalist .

Life

Family and education

The Reformed baptized Edmond Rossier, son of the pastor Louis Rossier and his wife Anna née Devisme, turned to studying theology at the University of Lausanne after graduating , where he obtained his licentiate in 1889 . Because he graduated in history at the universities of Berlin and Erlangen in which he in 1890 with the promotion of Dr. phil. completed.

Edmond Rossier was married to the Englishwoman Blanche, the daughter of the painter Henry John Terry. He died in Lausanne in autumn 1945 at the age of 81.

Professional background

Edmond Rossier habilitated after his graduation in 1890 as a lecturer for the subject of History at the University of Lausanne, 1891 he was appointed extraordinary , in 1896 a full professor, a position he held until the 1935th In addition, Rossier, who held the office of Rector from 1910 to 1912 , held the full professorship for the history of diplomacy from 1896 until his death. In addition, from 1930 to 1944 he held the full professorship for contemporary history and diplomacy at the University of Geneva .

Edmond Rossier also headed the monthly Bibliothèque universelle from 1909 to 1915 and the daily newspaper Tribune de Lausanne from 1918 to 1921 . From 1901 he worked as a columnist for the Gazette de Lausanne newspaper, which appears twice or three times a week .

Edmond Rossier's main works include Histoire politique de l'Europe, 1815–1919 , published in 1931 by the Paris publisher Payot & Rivages, and Du traité de Westphalie à l'Europe de Versailles; essai d'histoire diplomatique , published in 1938 by the Paris publisher Plon. He has received several awards, including an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow and admission to the Belles-Lettres Academic Society .

Further publications

• Louis Philipps influence on the foreign politics of France, inaugeral dissertation , Impr. Corbaz & comp., Lausanne, 1890
• Un siècle de liberté, Payot & Cie, Paris, 1903
• Orateurs et hommes d'Etat à l'époque de la monarchie de juillet, Lausanne, 1904
• La question de Savoie et le conflit de 1860, Lausanne, Paris, 1905
• Profils de reines: Isabelle de Castille, Catherine de Médicis, Elisabeth d'Angleterre, Anne d'Autriche, Marie-Thérèse, Catherine II, Louise de Prusse, Victoria, Payot & Cie, Paris, 1940

literature

• Professeurs Lausanne, p. 1103 f.
• Edmond Rossier (1865–1945), Société des Etudes de lettres, Lausanne, 1968

Web links

• Olivier Meuwly / BE: Rossier, Edmond. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .