Gregor Bucher
Gregor Bucher OSB (* April 21, 1935 in Grosswangen , Canton Lucerne as Theodor Bucher ; † September 14, 2019 in Engelberg , Canton Obwalden ) was a Swiss religious and Catholic theologian and logician . As an author he is listed as Theodor G. Bucher .
Life
Gregor Bucher, the eldest of seven children of a parish clerk and notary, studied philosophy and musicology at the Université catholique de Louvain and the University of Cologne, as well as theology , philosophy and basic mathematical research at the University of Paris after graduating from the Engelberg Abbey School in 1957 . At the Sorbonne in Paris he was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD . After a year as a scientific assistant for mathematical logic in Leuven, he entered the Benedictine order in Engelberg Abbey . He made his profession on September 28, 1968 . In the same year he was ordained a priest . He was initially a teacher of philosophy, English and Russian at the Engelberg Abbey School.
In 1973 he became professor of logic at the Chur Theological University and was its rector from 1982 to 1986 and vice-rector in 1986 from 1992. In 1993, he moved to the Roman religious school of the Benedictines, the Pontifical Athenaeum Sant'Anselmo, as professor of philosophy . He was also the director of the library there. In 2005 he retired and returned to Engelberg Abbey, where he worked as an organist and pastor.
His book “Introduction to Applied Logic” became a standard work in training.
Web links
- Literature by and about Gregor Bucher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Gregor Bucher in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Obituary from the Theological University of Chur
- Obituary notice of the Benedictine monastery Engelberg (PDF 141 KB)
Individual evidence
- ^ Former rector of the Chur Theological University has died. Announcement on kath.ch, September 18, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bucher, Gregor |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bucher, Theodor; Bucher, Theodor G. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Benedictine, Roman Catholic theologian and logician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grosswangen , Canton of Lucerne |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 14, 2019 |
| Place of death | Engelberg , Canton of Obwalden |