Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli
Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli (born December 12, 1716 in Bern ; † January 15, 1780 there ) was a Swiss agronomist .
Tschiffeli was born as the son of his father of the same name, Landvogt von Wangen, and Susanna Dorothea nee. Tschiffeli, born. He was married to Margarethe Steck. Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli was an assistant to the State Chancellery and from 1755 to 1780 clerk of the high choir court. Together with Samuel Engel and Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner , he founded the Economic Society in Bern in 1759 . He made his goods Kleehof in Kirchberg and Aspi near Aarberg into well-known model goods. Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi completed an agricultural apprenticeship on his model farm near Kirchberg from 1767 to 1768 .
His widow stayed in Heilbronn in the late autumn of 1788 , where she demonstrated the practical application of " animal magnetism " and thus influenced the local city doctor Eberhard Gmelin .
Works
- From stable feeding and clover building in Switzerland , Bern 1789. ( online )
literature
- Martin Stuber: Tschiffeli, Johann Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Christian Pfister: Forage clover and cesspool - Johann Rudolf Tschiffelis "Letters on stable feeding". In: Potatoes, Clover and Clever Heads, ed. by Martin Stuber et al., 2009, pp. 111-114.
- Otto Hunziker : Tschiffeli, Johann Rudolf . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 38, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1894, p. 719 f.
- Sigismund von Wagner : Life story [of] Mr. Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli, founder of the economic society in Bern , Bern 1808. online
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tschiffeli, Johann Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss agronomist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 12, 1716 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1780 |
| Place of death | Bern |