Elie Bertrand
Elie Bertrand (baptized May 17, 1713 in Orbe VD ; † August 23, 1797 in Yverdon ) was a Reformed pastor and scientist from Switzerland .
After studying theology at the Academy of Lausanne , the Academy of Geneva and the University of Leiden, he worked from 1740 to 1744 as a pastor in Ballaigues and Orbe and was first vicar and then pastor of the French community in Bern from 1744 to 1765 .
In 1765 he became a privy councilor of the Polish King Stanislaus II August , headed the Ministry of Industry, Agriculture and Science in Warsaw until 1766 and was elevated to the Polish nobility in 1768 for his services. In 1767, however, he returned to Switzerland to Champagne near Yverdon.
Bertrand was a member of the Economic Society in Bern, the Academy of Sciences in Göttingen , the Brandenburg Academy of Sciences in Berlin , the Bavarian Academy of Sciences in Munich , the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm and the academies of Leipzig, Basel, and Lyon Florence, corresponded with Voltaire , Albrecht von Haller and Carl von Linné , and was interested in philosophy, linguistics, natural history, seismology and hydrography in addition to theology .
Works
- Mémoires sur la structure intérieure de la terre , Zurich 1752
- Essai sur les usages des montagnes, avec une lettre sur le Nil , Zurich 1754
- Mémoires historiques et physiques sur les tremblemens de terre , The Hague 1757
- Recherches sur les langues anciennes et modern de la Suisse et principalement du pays de Vaud , Geneva 1758
- Dictionnaire universel des fossiles propres et des fossiles accidentels , The Hague 1763
- Essai sur l'art de former l'esprit, ou Premiers élémens de la logique , Lyon 1764
- Recueil de divers traités sur l'histoire naturelle de la terre et des fossiles , Avignon 1766
- Lettre à M. le Cte de Buffon ... ou Critique et Nouvel essai sur la théorie générale de la terre, avec une notice du dernier discours de M. Pallas, sur la formation des montagnes, sur les changemens arrivés au globe, etc. , Besançon 1782
literature
- Olivier Fatio: Bertrand, Elie. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Erich Wenneker: BERTRAND, Elie. In: Biographisch-Bibliographisches Kirchenlexikon (BBKL). Volume 24, Bautz, Nordhausen 2005, ISBN 3-88309-247-9 , Sp. 238-241.
Web links
- Publications by and about Elie Bertrand in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bertrand, Elie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss pastor and scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized May 17, 1713 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Orbe VD |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 23, 1797 |
| Place of death | Yverdon |