Ulrich in the courtyard
Ulrich Im Hof (born August 14, 1917 in St. Gallen ; † July 29, 2001 in Köniz ; authorized to reside in Basel and Schaffhausen ) was a Swiss historian .
Life
The son of a lawyer studied history and German at the University of Basel , a. a. with Werner Kaegi . During his studies, Im Hof became a member of the Zofingia . It was in 1944 with a dissertation on Isaac Iselin doctorate .
Until 1968 he worked as a high school teacher in St. Gallen, Basel and Bern . He was chairman of the association of Swiss history teachers and chairman of the working committee for advanced training courses in citizenship education . From 1965 he was a member of the Council of the General History Research Society of Switzerland .
In 1965 he was at the University of Bern habilitation , where he in 1968 for extraordinary and in 1970 full professor for Swiss history of the early modern period was appointed. In 1982 he retired .
He was particularly concerned with the 18th century, the history of universities and socializing in the ancien régime .
He was married to the escape assistant and human rights activist Anne-Marie Im Hof-Piguet .
Fonts (selection)
- Isaak Iselin: His life and the development of his thinking up to the writing of the "history of mankind" from 1764. 2 volumes. Schwabe, Basel 1947. (Dissertation)
- Isaak Iselin and the Late Enlightenment. Francke, Munich / Bern 1967. (Habilitation thesis)
- Enlightenment in Switzerland. Francke, Bern 1970.
- History of Switzerland. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1974 ( Urban Pocket Books. Vol. 188). 8th edition: Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-17-019912-5 .
- The Sociable Century: Society and Societies in the Age of Enlightenment. Beck, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-406-08708-6 .
- The Swiss Myth: Identity, Nation, History 1291–1991. Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-85823-270-X .
- The Europe of the Enlightenment. Beck, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-406-37091-8 ( Europe building. ).
literature
- Nicolai Bernard, Quirinus Reichen (Ed.): Society and societies. Festschrift for the 65th birthday of Professor Dr. Ulrich in the courtyard. Wyss, Bern 1982, ISBN 3-7285-0046-1 .
- Beatrix Mesmer : Obituary Ulrich Im Hof (1917–2001). In: Bern journal for history. 63rd year (2001), issue 4, p. 57 f. ( online ).
- Im Hof, Ulrich , in: Friedhelm Golücke : Author's lexicon for student and university history. SH-Verlag, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-89498-130-X . Pp. 154-155.
Web links
- Lucienne Hubler: In the courtyard, Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Peter Stadler : A master of the old style. On the death of the historian Ulrich Im Hof. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung . August 2, 2001.
- Ulrich Im Hof in the archive database of the Swiss Federal Archives
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lucienne Hubler: In the courtyard, Ulrich. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | In the yard, Ulrich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss historian |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 14, 1917 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Gallen |
DATE OF DEATH | July 29, 2001 |
Place of death | Koeniz |