Eugène Rambert (6 April 1830 – 21 November 1886), was a Swiss author and poet.

Life

He was born at Sâles near Swiss Clarens, the eldest son of a

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ois schoolmaster, from whom he received his education. When in 1845 his father lost his post owing to the religious disputes, Rambert became a teacher in Paris, and later a tutor in England and at

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. When the family's fortunes improved, Rambert was able to pursue his studies for the ministry, but he was more attracted by literature, and in 1855 became professor of

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at the academy of

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, and in 1860 at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in

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, where he remained till 1881, when he again became professor at Lausanne. His principal work, ''Les Alpes suisses'' (5 vols., 1866–1875; republished with large additions, according to his own scheme, in 6 volumes, 1887–1889), is a mine of miscellaneous information on the subject. He also published several volumes of poetry, as well as a volume entitled ''Écrivains nationaux'' (1874, republished 1889), and biographies of the

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Alexandre Vinet (1875), of the poet Juste Olivier (1879) and of the artist Alexandre Calame (1883).Eugène Rambert: ''Alexandre Calame, sa vie et son œuvre d’après les sources originales.'' Fischbacher, 1884. Rambert's ''Dernières Poesies'' were edited (1903) by Henri Warnery, whose ''Eugène Rambert'' (Lausanne, 1890) contains a critical estimate.

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Auteur: Eugène Rambert – Wikisource
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rambert, Eugene 1830 births 1886 deaths Swiss writers Academic staff of ETH Zurich