Rudolf Hunziker

Rudolf Hunziker (born February 5, 1870 in Unterstrass near Zurich ; died May 27, 1946 in Zurich) was a Swiss literary and musicologist .

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Rudolf Hunziker was the son of the educator and pastor Karl Otto Hunziker . His younger brother was the food scientist Otto Frederick Hunziker (1873-1959). After attending grammar school in Zurich, he studied at the University of Zurich from 1892 , where in 1894 he obtained the diploma for the higher teaching post in classical philology and history. He then studied music for three semesters in Berlin .

From 1897 to 1935 he taught as a professor of Latin, German and history at the Städtisches Gymnasium Winterthur (from 1919 Kantonsschule Winterthur). Since 1904 he was a member of the Winterthur Music College and in 1917 co-founded and then director and publisher of the yearbooks of the Winterthur Literary Association .

He published numerous works on the history of literature and music. His main work was the publication of the historical-critical edition of the works of Jeremias Gotthelf in collaboration with Hans Bloesch , which appeared in 24 volumes from 1911.

His extensive estate is kept in the Winterthur collection of the Winterthur libraries .

Honors

1936: Honorary citizen of Winterthur
1937: Honorary doctorate from the University of Lausanne

literature

Martin Illi : Hunziker, Rudolf. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .

Web links

Literature by and about Rudolf Hunziker in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

↑ Ute Kröger: From 100 Years of the Literary Association Winterthur . In: Winterthur City Library (ed.): Informed obstinacy. The Winterthur Literary Association, 1917–2017 (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 352). Chronos Verlag , Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1378-9 , pp. 14-17.

personal data
SURNAME	Hunziker, Rudolf
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Swiss literary and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH	February 5, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Unterstrass (City of Zurich)
DATE OF DEATH	May 27, 1946
Place of death	Zurich

[1] Ute Kröger: From 100 Years of the Literary Association Winterthur . In: Winterthur City Library (ed.): Informed obstinacy. The Winterthur Literary Association, 1917–2017 (= New Year's Gazette of the Winterthur City Library. Volume 352). Chronos Verlag , Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-0340-1378-9 , pp. 14-17.