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
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

[1] Heinrich Heinrich Schweizer-Sidler in the digital Alfred Escher letter edition . Retrieved August 9, 2017.

[2] 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 ).