Gottlieb Emanuel von Haller (1735–1786) was a

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se historian, numismatist, botanist, politician, diplomat and librarian.

Biography

He was the eldest son of polymath

Albrecht von Haller Albrecht von Haller (also known as Albertus de Haller; 16 October 170812 December 1777) was a Swiss anatomist, physiologist, naturalist, encyclopedist, bibliographer and poet. A pupil of Herman Boerhaave, he is often referred to as "the f ...

. Born in

, he studied law and history in

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, where his father was professor for medicine and botany. He returned to Berne in 1753. He entered public service in Berne, in 1763 as vice-librarian, 1765 as secretary of the war council, and from 1775 as member of the city council. He was a fellow of the

Academy of Sciences Leopoldina The German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina (german: link=no, Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften), short Leopoldina, is the national academy of Germany, and is located in Halle (Saale ...

from 1778. He was sent to represent Berne in the transmontane bailiwicks in 1779/80 and from 1785 until his death he served as

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. He married Anna Margarethe Schultheß (1734–1810) in 1761, with whom he had six sons and four daughters. One of his sons was political philosopher

Karl Ludwig von Haller Karl Ludwig von Haller (1 August 1768 – 20 May 1854) was a Swiss jurist, statesman and political philosopher. He was the author of ''Restauration der Staatswissenschaft'' (Restoration of Political Science, 1816–1834), a book which gave its na ...

Works

As a student, he wrote pamphlets against the

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of taxonomy. During his career he authored numerous works on

bibliothecography Library and information science(s) or studies (LIS) is an interdisciplinary field of study that deals generally with organization, access, collection, and protection/regulation of information, whether in physical (e.g. art, legal proceedings, et ...

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also inclu ...

and the

history of Switzerland Since 1848 the Swiss Confederation has been a federal republic of relatively autonomous cantons, some of which have a history of federation that goes back more than 700 years, putting them among the world's oldest surviving republics. The ear ...

, writing in German, French and Latin. His magnum opus was a ''History of Switzerland'' (''Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte'') in six volumes, two volumes published during his lifetime, the remaining four, which were ready for print at the time of his death, were published posthumously by J.J. Stapfer. *''Epistola ad patrem, dubia ex Linnaei fundamentis botanicis hausta continens'', Göttingen, 1750 *''Dubiorum contra sect. VII. Fundam. bot. Linnaei'', Göttingen, 1753 *''Specimen bibliothecae Helveticae'', Bern, 1757 *''Conseils pour former une Bibliothèque historique de la Suisse'', Bern, 1771 *''

Wilhelm Tell William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland. According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Alb ...

– Eine Vorlesung'', Bern, 1772 *''Schweitzerisches Münz- und Medaillenkabinett'', Bern, 1781/82 *''Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte und aller Theile, so dahin Bezug haben'', Bern, 1785–1787 (doi:10.3931/e-rara-24952)

References

*Emil Blösch: "Haller, Gottlieb von", '' Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 10, (1879), 430f. *Hans Haeberli: "Haller, Gottlieb Emanuel von", ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 7 (1966), 548f. {{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Gottlieb Emanuel von 18th-century Swiss historians Swiss numismatists People from Bern 1735 births 1786 deaths

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