Josef Leopold Brandstetter

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Josef Leopold Brandstetter (born April 2, 1831 in Beromünster , † April 15, 1924 in Lucerne ) was a Swiss doctor and scholar .

Life

Josef Leopold Brandstetter was born in Beromünster in 1831 as the son of the farmer Leopold Brandstetter. After attending the Gymnasium and Lyceum in Lucerne, he enrolled for a year to study theology one. From 1853 to 1856 he completed his medical studies in Basel and Würzburg . From then on he was ordained as a doctor in Beromünster and Malters . To this end, he was hired from 1872 as a mathematics teacher and principal at the Lucerne Cantonal School . He was also president of the historical association of the V Orte from 1882 to 1922. Brandstetter was politically active as a member of the Lucerne Education Council, namely as a representative of the Liberals.

Josef Leopold Brandstetter was married twice and is the father of the linguist Renward Brandstetter .

Act

Josef Leopold Brandstetter is an important scholar from Central Switzerland, in particular a pioneer of scientific research into names in this region. Valuable works are due to his wide-ranging interest in genealogy , history, place names , language and mathematics, among other things . So he was the author of the 1st volume of the Swiss historical repertory, 1812–90 (1892), the index for the first 70 volumes of the Geschichtsfreund and the Topographical Atlas of Switzerland . Brandstetter also excerpted historical Lucerne sources (including Renward Cysat's writings ) for the editors of the Swiss Idiotikon .

Publications (selection)

  • The names «Bilstein» & «Pilatus». Lucerne 1893.

Honors

literature

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ See various annual reports of the Swiss Idiotikon, including the obituary in the 1924 annual report, p. 10 .
personal data
SURNAME Brandstetter, Josef Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss doctor and scholar
DATE OF BIRTH April 2, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Beromünster
DATE OF DEATH April 15, 1924
Place of death Lucerne