Johann Heinrich Gelzer

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Johann Heinrich Gelzer (born October 17, 1813 in Schaffhausen ; † August 15, 1889 in Witwald ( municipality of Eptingen )) was a Swiss historian , diplomat and publicist .

Career

Johann Heinrich Gelzer (1813–1889) Professor of History, State Councilor, Dr.  hc of theology at the University of Jena.  Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery, Basel
Grave in the Wolfgottesacker cemetery , Basel

He studied history and theology at the universities of Zurich, Jena, Halle and Berlin and received his doctorate in Jena in 1836. He completed his habilitation in Basel in 1839 and was a lecturer in literary history until 1843. From 1844 to 1851 he was professor of history at the University of Berlin and advisor to King Friedrich Wilhelm IV. In 1851 he returned to Basel for health reasons and from 1853 to 1870 published the Protestant monthly newspaper for internal contemporary history.

On behalf of the Federal Council, he traveled to Berlin as an intermediary in connection with the Neuchâtel trade (1856–1857). From around 1860 he was considered the most important advisor to Grand Duke Friedrich I of Baden . This appointed him on July 27, 1866 to the State Council .

On April 5, 1873, Emperor Wilhelm I awarded him the royal crown medal, second class, and in 1886 he received the Dr. hc of theology at the University of Jena .

He was married to Julie Sarasin (1825–1912) since 1844. The ancient historian and classical philologist Heinrich Gelzer was his son.

Fonts

  • The last three centuries of Swiss history , 1838–1839
  • The importance of church movements in Switzerland since 1839 , Höhr, Zurich 1847

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