Georges-Antoine Bridel
Georges-Antoine Bridel (born September 24, 1867 in Lausanne , † December 16, 1946 there ) was a Swiss publisher and historian .
In 1887 he began to work in the publishing house of his father, Georges-Victor Bridel . In 1892 he married Maria-Johanna, a daughter of Edouard Gonin . From 1890 to 1910 he was director of the printing works, and then he was director of the Société de la Feuille d'Avis de Lausanne et des Imprimeries Réunies .
Bridel was also a historian and collector and published studies on Alexandre Vinet and the history of the city of Lausanne in the Revue historique de Lausanne and in the Historisch-Biographisches Lexikon der Schweiz . From 1921 to 1946 he was President of the Association du Vieux-Lausanne . In 1938 he founded the Section documentaire du Vieux-Lausanne in the Musée historique de Lausanne .
literature
- Recueil de généalogies vaudoises 1, 1922, p. 669 f.
- Inventaire sommaire du fonds historiographique lausannois dit Fonds Bridel. 1993
Individual evidence
- ^ Pierre Chessex / SK: Bridel, Georges-Antoine. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bridel, Georges-Antoine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss publisher and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1867 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lausanne |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 16, 1946 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |