Steivan Brunies

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Steivan Brunies , also Stephan Ernst Brunies (born February 18, 1877 in Cinuos-chel , community S-chanf ; † March 12, 1953 in Basel , resident in Klosters and Basel), was a Swiss teacher and nature conservationist .

Life

Brunies attended the teachers' seminar in Chur and later studied zoology and botany at the Zurich Polytechnic , at the University of Breslau , where he received his doctorate in 1900, and at the University of Zurich . He taught as a middle school teacher in Trogen , Winterthur , Zurich , Berlin-Pankow and, from 1908 to 1941, at the Realgymnasium Basel . One of his students there was Robert F. Schloeth .

From 1909 to 1935 he was secretary of the newly founded Swiss Confederation for Nature Conservation . Brunies was a co-founder of the Swiss National Park and was also its first supervisor from 1914 to 1941 and the treasurer of the Federal National Park Commission .

Steivan Brunies was a leading campaigner for nature conservation . Above all, he was very successful in conveying his concerns to the youth. He was also honored for the collection of old folk music in the Engadine . In memory of him, a train composition of the SBB type SBB RABDe 500 (ICN) and the Rhaetian Railway type RhB ABe 8/12 ("Allegra") were named after him.

Works (selection)

  • The flora of the furnace area , Chur: Hermann Fiebig's Buchdruckerei 1906 (annual report of the Natural Research Society of Graubünden. New series; Volume 48. Association year 1905/06)
  • On the introduction of nature conservation in schools , Basel: Birkhäuser 1913 (2nd edition 1929)
  • The Swiss National Park , Basel: Frobenius 1914 (2nd edition: 1918, 3rd edition: 1920)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Matriculation Edition of the University of Zurich, 1900, accessed on January 10, 2018.
  2. ^ Title recording of the dissertation , Helveticat , accessed on January 10, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Brunies, Steivan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brunies, Stephan Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss teacher and conservationist
DATE OF BIRTH February 18, 1877
PLACE OF BIRTH Cinuos-chel , S-chanf parish
DATE OF DEATH March 12, 1953
Place of death Basel