Rudolf Niggeler
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Rudolf Niggeler (born December 1, 1845 in Bern ; † July 12, 1887 there ; entitled to live in Grossaffoltern ) was a Swiss judge , politician and poet .
life and work
Niggeler was the son of the farmer, legal agent and community clerk Niklaus (1817–1872) and Bertha, née Snell. His grandfather was Wilhelm Snell .
Niggeler attended the canton school in Bern and the grammar school in Pruntrut . There he met the American-Swiss Auguste Luise Julia Wyser, whom he married in 1871. In Pruntrut he began to write poetry. These were later published in a volume of poetry and taught in schools in Bern.
From 1864 to 1870 Niggeler studied law at the University of Bern and at the University of Giessen . He completed his studies in Bern in 1870 with a state examination and received the Haller Medal .
When his father died in 1872, Niggeler continued his father’s legal practice. From 1875 to 1879 he was a judge at the Swiss Federal Supreme Court . As a politician he was active as a liberal in the Bernese Grand Council from 1879 to 1886, as a national councilor from 1879 to 1887. In 1883 Niggeler received an honorary doctorate from the University of Zurich .
literature
- Bertha Züricher: Rudolf Niggeler . In: The Bern Week in Words and Images , Vol. 27, 1937, pp. 1053-1054. ( e-periodica )
Web links
- Peter Stettler: Rudolf Niggeler. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . September 9, 2010 , accessed March 1, 2020 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Niggeler, Rudolf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss judge, politician and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 1, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 12, 1887 |
| Place of death | Bern |