Hellmut Gutzwiller
Hellmut Gutzwiller (born September 28, 1922 in Basel ; † November 17, 2007 in Brig ) was a Swiss historian and archivist and state archivist for the canton of Solothurn .
Gutzwiller was the son of Gisela (daughter of Paul Strassmann ) and Max Gutzwiller . He studied history and classical philology at the University of Friborg , where he received his doctorate in 1949 under Oskar Vasella . From 1950 he worked at the Freiburg Cantonal Library and then at the State Archives of the Canton of Freiburg . From 1963 he worked at the State Archives of the Canton of Solothurn , which he headed from 1976 to 1987. His best-known font is The Development of Fonts from the 12th to the 19th Century from 1981.
literature
- Erich Meyer, Patrick Borer: Hellmut Gutzwiller (1922-2007). In: Yearbook for Solothurn History , Volume 81 (2008), pp. 233-238.
Web links
- Literature by and about Hellmut Gutzwiller in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Publications by Hellmut Gutzwiller in the Opac der Regesta Imperii
Individual evidence
- ^ Wolfgang Paul Strassmann : The Strassmanns. The fate of a German-Jewish family over two centuries . Campus, Frankfurt / New York 2006, ISBN 3-593-38034-X .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gutzwiller, Hellmut |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian and archivist and state archivist for the Canton of Solothurn |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 28, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 17, 2007 |
| Place of death | Brig |