Erwin Bucher
Erwin Bucher (born January 9, 1920 in St. Gallen ; † September 2, 2001 in Bertschikon ), reformed , resident in Malters , was a Swiss historian .
Life
Erwin Bucher, son of the businessman Alfred Erwin Bucher, graduated from the canton school in St. Gallen in 1940 . He then began studying economics at the St. Gallen School of Business and at the University of Geneva ; his degree as lic. He obtained oec. in 1946. Bucher then worked in the trade, from 1951 to 1958 he served as the FDP - municipal council of the city of St. Gallen.
In 1958 Bucher began studying history at the University of Zurich , and in 1962 he was promoted to Dr. phil. PhD . After settling at the University of Zurich in 1969 habilitation had occurred there in 1970 his election as assistant professor of modern history , especially Swiss history of the 19th and 20th century , in 1985 he retired. Erwin Bucher, 1965 from Wädenswil native Classicist and high school teacher Barbara, the daughter of weaving owner Max Isler, married, died in 2001 age of 81 in Bertschikon.
Bucher's research focuses on the prehistory and founding of the federal state as well as Switzerland in the Second World War . In a monograph published in 1991, he questioned the negative image of Federal Councilor Marcel Pilet-Golaz as head of the Political Department from 1940 to 1944. In 1970 his political work was published on the City Council of St. Gallen.
more publishments
- The Federal Debt Register, Bern, 1959
- The history of the Sonderbund War , Verlagberichthaus, Zurich, 1966
- Field chaplain Johann Heinrich Schoch's diary from the Sonderbund War, 1967
- Between Federal Councilor and General: Swiss Politics and the Army in World War II, VGS, Publishing Association, St. Gallen, 1991
literature
- Werner Schuder (Hrsg.): Kürschner's German learned calendar. Volume 1, 13th edition, De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 1980, ISBN 3110074346 , pages 471, 472.
Web links
- Markus Bürgi: Bucher, Erwin. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Publications by and about Erwin Bucher in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Erwin Bucher in the catalog of the German National Library
- University of Zurich Annual Report 2001; We commemorate, page 119 (PDF; 1.6 MB) accessed on March 17, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bucher, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 9, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2001 |
| Place of death | Bertschikon |