Eugène Ritter
Eugène Ritter (born November 9, 1836 in Geneva , † July 3, 1928 in Les Eaux-Vives , today part of the municipality of Geneva), entitled to reside in Geneva, was a Swiss historian and theologian .
Life
Eugène Ritter, son of the mathematician and teacher Elie Ritter as well as Félicie born Rey, passed the classical Matura in 1854 and the mathematical and scientific Matura at the Geneva Academy in 1857 . Ritter was subsequently employed as a private tutor , then between 1861 and 1862 as an institute teacher in Saint-Imier .
After his return to Geneva, Ritter took up the post of Adjunct of the Consistory of the Reformed Church , at the same time he devoted himself to studying philology and language. In 1873 he received a teaching position for French language history at the Geneva Academy, where he was promoted to full professor the following year , and in 1907 he retired .
Eugène Ritter, who was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne in 1904 and married Emma, the daughter of Marc-Jean Oltramare, in 1870, died in 1928 at the age of 91 in Les Eaux-Vives.
In addition to mainly theological articles on Geneva history, Ritter published numerous studies on the history of literature, which made him a name among specialists in western Switzerland. In addition, he was the author of several works on Jean-Jacques Rousseau .
Fonts
- Recherches sur le patois de Genève, Imprimerie Ramboz et Schuchardt, 1875
- Cours d'histoire de la langue française: Leçon d'ouverture, 1876
- Nouvelles recherches sur les Confesions et la Corréspondance de Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 1880
- Isaac Rousseau, le père de Jean-Jacques, A. Colin et cie, 1891
- La famille et la jeunesse de J.-J. Rousseau ..., Hachette et cie., 1896
- Notes on Madame de Staël : ses ancêtres et sa famille, sa vie et sa correspondance, H. Georg, 1899
- Les années climatériques des églises protestante et catholique de Genève, 1535-1907: étude chronologique, Imprimerie Centrale, 1915
literature
- Université de Genève: Documents pour servir à l'histoire de l'Université de Genève, Volumes 3-4, 1883
- Livre du Recteur 5, 1976, p. 351
- Ursula Bähler, Richard Trachsler, Larissa Birrer (eds.): Portraits de médiévistes suisses (1850–2000). Une profession au fil du temps, Librairie Droz, Geneva, 2009, page 362.
Web links
- Daniel Maggetti / GL: Ritter, Eugène. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Ritter, Eugène (1836 - 1928) in the HelveticArchives of the Swiss National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ritter, Eugène |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian and theologian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 9, 1836 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 3, 1928 |
| Place of death | Les Eaux-Vives , now part of the municipality of Geneva |