Peter Gilg

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Peter Gilg (born March 17, 1922 in Bern ; † November 4, 2006 ) was a Swiss historian , political scientist and journalist .

Life

The son of theologian Arnold Gilg studied history , German and geography at the Universities of Bern and Zurich and received his doctorate in history in Bern in 1950. From 1955 to 1965 he was a foreign editor for the newspaper Der Bund . From 1965 to 1987 he worked in a leading position at the Research Center for Swiss Politics (later: Institute for Political Science) at the University of Bern. He was the founder of the Année politique suisse yearbook . In 1964 he received his habilitation , from 1974 to 1987 he was honorary professor for modern history at the University of Bern.

Fonts (selection)

  • The emergence of the democratic movement and the social question: the social ideas and postulates of the German-Swiss democrats in the early 1960s. J. Weiss, Affoltern am Albis 1951 (= dissertation , University of Bern, 1950).
  • The renewal of democratic thought in Wilhelmine Germany: a study of the history of ideas at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries (= publications by the Institute for European History, Mainz. Vol. 37). F. Steiner, Wiesbaden 1965 (= habilitation thesis , University of Bern).
  • Young people's urge in Swiss politics: structure, goals and forms of action of political groups of the younger generation. Francke, Bern 1974

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Peter Gilg has died. (PDF; 251 kB) In: Der Bund . November 7, 2006.
personal data
SURNAME Gilg, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH March 17, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH November 4, 2006