Karl Jakob Durheim
Karl Jakob Durheim (born April 6, 1780 in Bern ; † March 13, 1866 there ) was a Swiss geographer and lexicographer .
Durheim was a merchant and an officer in a Napoleonic Swiss regiment . From 1817 he rose to the Bernese chief customs and ohm money administrator . From 1831 to 1837 he was a councilor . In 1844 he retired and dealt with lexicographical and historical work, including the topography and history of the city and the canton of Bern . He also wrote a plant idioticon in German, dialect and Latin. For the Swiss currency reform in 1850, he published a compilation of coin conversion tables, which appeared in several editions.
Web links
- Karl F. Wälchli: Durheim, Karl Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Karl Jakob Durheim in the catalog of the Burgerbibliothek Bern
Individual evidence
- ^ Karl F. Wälchli: Durheim, Karl Jakob. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Durheim, Karl Jakob |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss geographer and lexicographer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 6, 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 13, 1866 |
| Place of death | Bern |