John Braillard

John Braillard (born June 26, 1822 in Geneva , † December 10, 1883 in Chêne-Bougeries , resident in Geneva) was a Swiss politician .

biography

Braillard graduated from Progymnasium and then attended preparatory studies at the Geneva Academy before going on a trip to Europe. From 1845 to 1856 he worked as a tutor in St. Petersburg . After he was not admitted to the university in Kharkiv, Russia , he returned to Geneva. From then on he worked as a French teacher and was later rector of the industrial school. From 1868 until his death Braillard was a high school teacher for rhetoric and French literature . In 1872 he became honorary professor at the Geneva Academy. With Henri-Frédéric Amiel he often had arguments at the Institut national genevois , where he was referred to in Amiel's Journal as a viper .

In 1860 Braillard was elected to the Grand Council of the Canton of Geneva , where it politicized according to liberal principles. He opposed the financial and religious policies of James Fazy , was a member of the Cercle de la Ficelle and was a founding member of the Parti indépendant . Braillard was elected to the Constitutional Council of the Canton of Geneva in 1862 and was also rapporteur for the draft constitution. From 1862 to 1870 and from 1878 to 1882 he again took part in the Grand Council. From 1863 to 1866 he worked as an editor for the Démocratie suisse . From 1880 he got closer and closer to the liberals around Antoine Carteret . In 1866 he was elected to the Geneva municipal council and the council of states - he resigned from both offices in 1869.

Web links

• Marc Vuilleumier: Braillard, John. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .