Gottlieb Emanuel von Haller

Emanuel Gottlieb von Haller, the eldest son of the universal scholar Albrecht von Haller studied from 1747 to 1753 in Göttingen , where his father taught, medicine and botany . In 1753 he returned with his father returned to Bern, where he jurisprudence and history studied. In 1760 he took a trip to Paris. Then he made ​​the Bern government service career. In 1763 he was appointed Vice-librarian, 1765 for war scribe. In 1775, he joined the Grand Council and took over soon after the Office of the United Weibel (Vice-President of the General Court). In 1779 he was a diplomat at the Bernese Diet in Bergisch Ennet bailiwicks posted. After his return in 1780 he took over the office of the court clerk (civil and criminal judges) in Bern. From 1785 until his death he served as governor of Nyon worked.

Works (selection)

Emanuel Gottlieb von Haller published numerous works. As a student, he wrote pamphlets against the Linnaean system :

• Epistola Patrem ad, dubia ex Linnaei fundamentis botanicis hausta continens , Göttingen, 1750
• Dubiorum contra sect. VII Fundam. offered. Linnaei , Göttingen, 1753
• During his career he has published numerous works on librarianship and numismatics and the history of Switzerland, which he wrote partly in German and partly in French and Latin.
• Specimen Bibliothecae Helveticae , Berne, 1757
• Conseils pour former une Bibliothèque historique de la Suisse , Berne, 1771
• William Tell - A lecture , Berne, 1772
• Schweitzerisches coin and medal cabinet , Bern, 1781/82
• Library of Schweitzer-story and all the parts, so there are terms , Bern, 1785-1787

The latter is regarded as Haller's masterpiece. Volumes one and two published Haller himself, the three to six volumes were published after his death by JJ Stapfer minister to Bern. Haller had left the entire work ready for printing.

Links to additional material:

• http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gottlieb_Emanuel_von_Haller