Olivier Reverdin

Olivier Reverdin (1983)

Olivier Reverdin (born July 15, 1913 in Geneva ; † June 16, 2000 there ; authorized to live there ) was a Swiss classical philologist , journalist and politician ( LPS ).

biography

The son of the philosopher Henri Reverdin studied philology at the University of Geneva , the Sorbonne , the Collège de France , the École pratique des hautes études and the École française d'Athènes . He received his doctorate in 1945. From 1945 to 1958 he was the Bundeshaus editor and from 1954 to 1959 he was also editor-in-chief of the Journal de Genève . From 1958 to 1983 he was a full professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Geneva.

From 1955 to 1971 he was a member of the National Council and from 1971 to 1979 the Council of States . From 1969 to 1972 Reverdin was the first Swiss President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe .

La Religion de la Cité Platonienne , 1945
La Guerre du Sonderbund vue par le Général Dufour, Éditions Slatkine , 1947, documentation
Quatorze calvinistes chez les topinambours , 1956
La Crète, berceau de la civilization européenne , 1960
Connaissance de la Suisse , 1962
as editor: L'epigramme grecque. (= Entretiens sur l'antiquité classique. Volume 14) Vandoeuvres-Geneva 1968. ISBN 978-2-600-04407-3 .

personal data
SURNAME	Reverdin, Olivier
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss classical philologist, journalist and politician
DATE OF BIRTH	July 15, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Geneva
DATE OF DEATH	June 16, 2000
Place of death	Geneva