Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger
Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger , often just Wilhelm Vischer , (born May 30, 1808 in Basel ; † July 5, 1874 ibid) was a Swiss classical philologist and councilor.
Life
After finishing school in Hofwyl, Vischer returned to Basel in 1825, where he studied history and classical philology. He later moved to Geneva for a semester and from 1825 to 1828 to Bonn and Jena , where he heard Barthold Georg Niebuhr , Friedrich Gottlieb Welcker and Karl Wilhelm Göttling . After completing his doctorate in Jena, Vischer went to the Berlin University as a visiting student with August Boeckh , who besides Welcker influenced him the most.
After returning to Basel, Vischer completed his habilitation there in the summer of 1832 and was appointed associate professor in 1835 and full professor of Greek language and literature in 1836. Until the end of his life he taught and researched in this position and dealt with various writers and the history of Greek literature, epigraphy and archeology . In the years 1845, 1846 and 1857 Vischer was rector of the university, to whose reputation and financial strengthening he tried very hard. In addition, he taught Greek at the Basler Pädagogium (from 1833 to 1861), although his hearing loss caused him a lot of trouble. After his obligations increased, Vischer gave up part of it in 1861 and founded the Philological Seminary with his new colleague Otto Ribbeck . During his numerous excavations in Switzerland and his two trips to Greece (1853/1854 and 1862), Vischer collected material for a number of numismatic and archaeological publications. Much of the work was only published after his death. In February 1874 Vischer was appointed a corresponding member of the Prussian Academy of Sciences .
Vischer's political activity was not limited to internal university matters. He had been a member of the Grand Council since 1834 and headed the Education and Training Department in the Small Council , to which he was elected in 1867. He welcomed the Federal Constitution of 1848 and its revision in 1872. For his political work, Vischer finally let himself be exempted from teaching. During his time as a professor, he tried to appoint capable colleagues, and Friedrich Ritschl made numerous suggestions. His grave is on the Wolfgottesacker .
In 1876, Ferdinand Schlöth commissioned a monument bust by Vischer for the auditorium of the museum on Augustinergasse .
Vischer's eldest son was the historian Wilhelm Vischer .
literature
- Theophil Burckhardt-Biedermann : Vischer, Wilhelm . In: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie (ADB). Volume 40, Duncker & Humblot, Leipzig 1896, pp. 67-70.
- André Barmasse: Vischer, Wilhelm. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
Web links
- Vischer, a Basel family
- Literature by and about Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- André Barmasse: Wilhelm Vischer. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
- Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger's estate in the Basel University Library
- Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger In: stroux.org
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stefan Hess / Tomas Lochman (eds.), Classical beauty and patriotic heroism. The Basel sculptor Ferdinand Schlöth (1818–1891) , Basel 2004, p. 176 f.
First chair: Emanuel Linder (1819–1843) | Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger (1832–1861) | Otto Ribbeck (1861–1862) | Adolph Kießling (1862–1869) | Friedrich Nietzsche (1869–1879) | Jacob Wackernagel (1879–1902) | Ferdinand Sommer (1902–1909) | Rudolf Herzog (1909–1914) | Werner Jaeger (1914–1915) | Peter von der Mühll (1917–1952) | Bernhard Wyss (1952–1976) | Joachim Latacz (1981-2002) | Anton Bierl (since 2002).
Second chair: Franz Dorotheus Gerlach (1819–1875) | Jacob Achilles Mähly (1875–1890) | Georg Ferdinand Dümmler (1890–1896) | Erich Bethe (1897–1903) | Alfred Körte (1903–1906) | Hermann Schöne (1906–1909) | Friedrich Münzer (1909–1912) | Ernst Lommatzsch (1912–1913) | Walter F. Otto (1913–1914) | Johannes Stroux (1914–1922) | Günther Jachmann (1922–1925) | Kurt Latte (1925–1931) | Harald Fuchs (1932–1970) | Josef Delz (1970–1987) | Fritz Graf (1987–1999) | Jerzy Styka (2000-2001) | Henriette Harich-Schwarzbauer (since 2002).
Third chair: Franz Misteli (1879–1898) | Max Niedermann (1911–1925) | Jacob Wackernagel (1915–1936) | Albert Debrunner (1940–1949) | Karl Meuli (1942–1961) | Felix Heinimann (1966–1980).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Vischer-Bilfinger, Wilhelm |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vischer, Wilhelm |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss classical philologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1808 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1874 |
| Place of death | Basel |