François Ruchon
François Ruchon (born September 18, 1897 in Geneva ; † May 17, 1953 ibid) was a Swiss Romance scholar and historian.
life and work
Ruchon, whose father was French, studied in Geneva. He received his doctorate in 1923 with the work Jules Laforgue (1860-1887). Sa vie. Son œuvre (Geneva 1924). Ruchon was a high school teacher in Geneva and a private lecturer at the University of Geneva .
He was politically active in the Geneva Radical Party, was its deputy chairman from 1943 and published its press organ Le Genevois from 1945 .
A street in Geneva is named after him.
Other works
Romance Studies
- Jean- Arthur Rimbaud . Sa vie. Son œuvre. Son influence , Paris 1929, Geneva 1970
- (Ed.) Rimbaud. Documents iconographiques , Geneva 1946 (with Claude Pichois , Geneva 1960)
- (Ed.) Paul Verlaine . Documents iconographiques , Geneva 1947
- (Eds.) L'amitié de Stéphane Mallarmé et de Georges Rodenbach , Geneva 1949
- (with Alan Martin Boase ) La vie et l'œuvre de Jean de Sponde , Geneva 1949
- Jean de Sponde et ses méditations sur les pseaumes , Geneva 1951
- Essai sur la vie et l'oeuvre de Jean de La Ceppède . Poète chrétien et magistrat (1548-1623) , Geneva 1953
History of Geneva
- (with Lucien Fulpius) Georges Favon. 25 ans de politique genevoise , Geneva 1927
- (Ed.) Les Mémoires de James Fazy , homme d'Etat genevois (1794-1878) , Geneva 1947
- Histoire politique de la République de Genève. De la restauration à la suppression du budget des cultes (December 31, 1813 - June 30, 1907) , Geneva 1953
- Histoire de la franc-maçonnerie à Genève de 1736 à 1900 d'après des documents inédits , 2 vols., Geneva 2004
Web links
- Literature by and about François Ruchon in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- http://fidelite-prudence.ch/personnalites-fp/460-ruchon-francois (short biography, French, with picture)
- Information on François Ruchon in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
- http://ge.ch/noms-geographiques/voie/geneve/rue-francois-ruchon (short appraisal, French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ruchon, François |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Romance philologist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geneva |
| DATE OF DEATH | 17th May 1953 |
| Place of death | Geneva |