Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler
Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler (born September 12, 1815 in Elgg ; † March 31, 1894 in Zurich ) was a Swiss classical philologist .
Life
Schweizer-Sidler studied theology and comparative linguistics at the University of Zurich from 1835 to 1838 under Johann Caspar von Orelli , Hermann Sauppe and Bernhard Hirzel . During this time he joined the Swiss Zofinger Association . After studying in Berlin (from 1838) he returned to Zurich, where he completed his habilitation in 1841.
He taught at the University of Zurich from 1841 to 1889, initially as a private lecturer, from 1849 as associate professor and from 1864 as full professor of Sanskrit and comparative linguistic research.
In addition, Schwyzer-Sidler was a language teacher at the Cantonal School of Zurich and, as an advocate of women's studies , was a Latin teacher at the secondary school for girls in the same city. From 1862 until his death in 1894 he also served as vice-president of the select committee for the Swiss Idiotikon .
Schweizer-Sidler was a great-uncle of the Indo-Germanist Eduard Schwyzer and great-great-uncle of the Graecist Hans-Rudolf Schwyzer and the molecular biologist Robert Schwyzer .
Works
- Cornelii Taciti Germania. Explained by Prof. Dr. Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler. Halle 1871, numerous new editions.
- Commemorative speech for J. Caspar Orelli, born in Zurich on February 13, 1787, died on January 6, 1849 in the same place. Held after the unveiling of a marble bust of the celebrated man in the auditorium of the Polytechnic on April 29, 1874. Zurich 1874.
- Grammar of the Latin language. Halle 1888 (revision of the elementary and formal theory of the Latin language, Halle 1869), numerous new editions.
literature
- Angelo Garovi : Swiss, Heinrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Adolf Kaegi: Schweizer-Sidler, Heinrich . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 54, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1908, pp. 282-285.
- R. von Planta: † Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler. In: Indo-European Research . Volume 5, 1895, pp. 97–100 (obituary with catalog raisonné).
Web links
- Schweizer-Sidler, Heinrich , list of lectures from 1841 to 1894.
Individual evidence
- ^ Heinrich Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler in the digital Alfred Escher letter edition . Retrieved August 9, 2017.
- ^ Call for the collection of a Swiss German dictionary of June 15, 1862 ( digitized version ) and the twelfth report on the Swiss-German Idiotikon, covering the period from August 1, 1885 to the end of 1894. Huber, Frauenfeld 1895, p. 3 ( digitized version ).
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Schweizer-Sidler, Heinrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1815 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Elgg |
DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1894 |
Place of death | Zurich |