Heinrich Escher (historian)

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Heinrich Escher vom Glas , from 1811 Escher-Landolt (born April 20, 1781 in Zurich ; † February 28, 1860 there ), was a Swiss historian .

Life

Escher came from the Zurich family Escher vom Glas , a line of the Zurich council family Escher, and was the son of the Zurich politician Hans Conrad Escher vom Glas senior (1743-1814). On August 12, 1811, he married Susanna Landolt (1791–1863). Since then he has had the double name Escher-Landolt .

Escher quickly completed his theological studies and was ordained at the age of 19 . In 1802 he went to the University of Halle , where he studied with Friedrich August Wolf , among others . He then went on a study trip, where he also stayed in Paris . Upon his return, he worked two years as a tutor before a 1807 call to the professor for general and patriotic history at the Political Institute followed a sort of law school, which was one of the institutions that make up the University of Zurich was established. There he taught alongside Hans Conrad Escher von der Linth and Ludwig Meyer von Knonau . He held the same position at the Collegium Carolinum until the college was founded in 1833 . From 1812 he also took over the professorship of logic and rhetoric at the Collegium humanitatis . After the Zurich University was founded, he limited himself to teaching as a private lecturer in history and after four semesters, in 1835, finally gave up teaching completely. In 1834 the Philosophical Faculty awarded him an honorary doctorate ( Dr. phil. H. C. ) For his services .

Escher became professor of general and Swiss history for the upper classes in 1833 with the reorganization of the educational institutions and the establishment of the Zurich Gymnasium . He also held the office of rector from 1835 to 1837 and from 1847 to 1852 . He was also a member and president of the supervisory authority of the industrial school, which was part of the Zurich Cantonal School in addition to the grammar school . As early as 1817 he was elected to the Board of Education by the Grand Council . He worked on the major educational reforms and was the council's actuary until 1847 .

Escher's estate is kept in the Zurich Central Library.

Works (selection)

  • The Marian Brotherhoods of the Jesuits and the Conventicles of the Moravians. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1822.
  • Napoleon Buonaparte. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1823.
  • Joh. Jak. Hess, Doctor of Theology and Antistes of the Zurich Church: Sketch of his life and his views with an extract from his unprinted interpretation of the Apocalypse. Höhr, Zurich 1837.
  • Political annals of the federal suburbs of Zurich and Bern. 2 volumes. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1838–1839.
  • History of the Swiss Confederation. 4 volumes. Schulthess, Zurich 1855–1859 (completely revised new edition of the work by Johann Konrad Vögelin ).

Escher also wrote contributions to the General Encyclopedia of Sciences and Arts by Johann Samuelansch and Johann Gottfried Gruber and to the New Years papers .

literature

  • Georg von Wyß :  Escher, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 6, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1877, pp. 353-355.
  • Carl Keller-Escher: Five hundred and sixty years from the history of the Escher family from glass: 1320–1885. Ceremony to celebrate the 500th anniversary of her naturalization in Zurich. Volume 1. Bürkli, Zurich 1885, pp. 137-139.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Werner Ganz :  Escher (family article). In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 4, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1959, ISBN 3-428-00185-0 , p. 644 f. ( Digitized version ).
  2. ↑ Carl Keller-Escher: Five hundred and sixty years from the history of the Escher family from Glas: 1320 - 1885. Festival ceremony to celebrate the 500th anniversary of their naturalization in Zurich. Volume 2, Bürkli, Zurich 1885, plate VII.
  3. ^ Estates of manuscripts - E. Escher-Landolt, Heinrich. Website of the Zurich Central Library , accessed on January 4, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Escher, Heinrich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Escher vom Glas, Heinrich (full name); Escher-Landolt, Heinrich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss historian
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1860
Place of death Zurich