Johannes Dierauer
Johannes Dierauer (born March 20, 1842 in Berneck SG ; † March 14, 1920 in St. Gallen ) was a Swiss historian .
Life
Johannes Dierauer was born as the son of the farmer Johann Jakob Dierauer and his wife Engelina Hohl in Berneck on March 20, 1842. After being at the Universities of Zurich , Bonn and Paris had studied, he was at the former University 1868 Doctor PhD . In the same year he took over a professorship at the Cantonal School in St. Gallen, which he held until 1907. In 1874 he also became head of the city library , which he remained until his death on March 14, 1920 at the age of 77. He was married to Lisette Brunner from Oberhelfenschwil ; they had two daughters.
Dierauer worked for the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie , for which he wrote 18 articles.
Works
- Contributions to a critical history of Trajan (Zurich 1868)
- History of the Swiss Confederation (five volumes; 1887 to 1917)
- Ernst Götzinger : a picture of life ; with portrait / Johannes Dierauer. - St. Gallen: Fehr, 1897. Digitized edition of the University and State Library Düsseldorf
Honors
- Both in his hometown, Berneck in the St. Gallen Rhine Valley , and in the city of St. Gallen , a street was named after him.
literature
- Werner Näf : Dierauer, Johannes. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 3, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1957, ISBN 3-428-00184-2 , p. 654 ( digitized version ).
Web links
- Edgar Bonjour : Dierauer, Johannes. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Literature by and about Johannes Dierauer in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dierauer, Johannes |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 20, 1842 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berneck SG |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 14, 1920 |
| Place of death | St. Gallen |