Markus Theodor Mattmüller (18 July 1928 in

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–30 October 2003 in Basel; originally from Basel) was a Swiss historian.

Biography

He was the son of pacifist activist Georg Mattmüller (1893–1951). He studied history as well as

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and Italian language and literature at the universities of

and

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before he passed the ''Mittellehrerexamen'' in 1957. He qualified as a professor in 1966. From 1969 to 1992, he was an ordinary professor of General and Swiss Modern History at the University of Basel. He was one of the pioneering social historians of

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alongside

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and . Among other things, he oversaw research works on demography and agricultural history of the ''

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'', as well as on the

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. He also produced work on Leonhard Ragaz and

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. Mattmüller was the Secretary of the

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from 1951 to 1954. He was a Constituent Councillor of both Basel cantons from 1960 to 1969, and a judge at the Civil Court from 1964 to 1967.

Selected works

* ''Leonhard Ragaz und der religiöse Sozialismus. Eine Biographie.'' 2 volumes. Zollikon: EVZ, 1957/1968 (also: dissertation, University of Basel, 1957). * ''Bevölkerungsgeschichte der Schweiz. Teil I: Die frühe Neuzeit, 1500–1700'' (= ''Basler Beiträge zur Geschichtswissenschaft.'' vol. 154). 2 volumes. Basel: Helbling und Lichtenhahn, 1987.

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