Emil Egli (theologian)

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Emil Egli (born January 9, 1848 in Flaach ; † December 31, 1908 in Zurich ) was a Swiss Reformed theologian and church historian .

Life

Emil Egli was born in Flaach in the canton of Zurich on January 9, 1848 as the son of the geographer Johann Jakob Egli and his wife Elisabetha Hofmann. Prepared for schools in Winterthur and St. Gallen , he moved to the University of Zurich in 1866 . In 1870 he was appointed vicar in Kappel am Albis . Two years later he was appointed pastor in Dinhard . He moved to Aussersihl as such in 1876. His habilitation took place in 1879. In 1885 he went to Mettmenstetten as pastor . In 1889 the University of Zurich appointed him Associate Professor of Church Archeology and Church History . In 1893 he was promoted to full professor. Egli also made a name for himself by researching the life and work of Ulrich Zwingli . So he founded a museum dedicated to the reformer. Egli died on December 31, 1908 at the age of 60 in Zurich.

He worked for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , for which he wrote three articles, including about his father and about Zwingli.

Fonts

  • The battle of Kappel in 1531. 1873.
  • The Zurich Anabaptists during the Reformation. 1879.
  • Collection of files on the history of the Zurich Reformation in the years 1519–1533. 1879.
  • The St. Gallen Baptist. 1887.
  • Church history in Switzerland except for Charlemagne. 1893.
  • The Christian inscriptions of Switzerland from 4-9. Century. 1895.
  • Analecta reformatoria. Two volumes. 1899
  • Swiss Reformation history. Volume I, Zurich 1910.

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personal data
SURNAME Egli, Emil
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss Reformed theologian and church historian
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1848
PLACE OF BIRTH Flat
DATE OF DEATH December 31, 1908
Place of death Zurich