Jean-Louis Bridel
Jean-Louis-Philippe Bridel (also Louis Bridel , born November 27, 1759 in Begnins , † February 5, 1821 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss Reformed clergyman , theologian and university professor and author.
Life
Bridel studied theology at the Lausanne Academy . After completing his studies, he was ordained as a pastor in 1784 . However, he first went to the Netherlands as a private teacher . From there he was able to travel through Europe with his students. Subsequently, as a supporter of the Helvetic Republic , he was sent by the Helvetic Directory at the end of the 18th century as envoy of freedom to the canton of Léman and the canton of Friborg . From 1803 to 1808 he was pastor of the French Church in Basel and, at the same time, from 1803 to 1812 Grand Councilor in the canton of Vaud .
Bridel took in 1809 a reputation as a professor of theology at the Academy of Lausanne and died there in office. He was an art collector and wrote a number of texts that appeared in the Etrennes helvétiennes .
His brothers were the author, local historian and naturalist and Reformed clergyman Philippe-Sirice Bridel and the bryologist, poet and librarian Samuel Élisée von Bridel .
Works (selection)
- Introduction à la lecture des Odes de Pindare , Lausanne and Paris 1785.
- Ad obtinendam quae in Academia Lausannensi vacat, cathedram practico-theologicam specimina publica edent, praelegendo, disputando [...] viri rever. , Doctissimi, Bernae 1797.
- Discours chrétien composé à l'occasion des désastres du canton de Schweitz: prononcé le onze janvier 1807 , Flick, Basel 1807.
- Dissertation académique sur l'état et les fonctions des prophêtes et sur la manière dont ils étoient préparés et appelés à cet emploi , Lausanne 1808.
- Discours sur l'efficace morale de la lecture des livres sacrés et sur le style de leurs auteurs , Lausanne 1809.
- with Philippe-Sirice Bridel : Small foot trips through Switzerland , 2 volumes, Orell, Füßli and Co., Zurich 1811.
literature
- Bridel, Jean-Louis , in: Biographie universelle classique , Volume 3, Gosselin, Paris 1829, pp. 3453f.
- Pierre Chessex / EM: Bridel, Jean-Louis-Philippe. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Literature by and about Louis Bridel in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)
- Biography on unil.ch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bridel, Jean-Louis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bridel, Jean-Louis-Philippe (full name); Bridel, Louis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss Reformed clergyman, theologian and university professor and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 27, 1759 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Begnins |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 5, 1821 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |