Wilhelm Oechsli

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1851 – 1919

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Who was Wilhelm Oechsli?

Wilhelm Oechsli was a Swiss historian.

Oechsli studied theology and history at Berlin and Zürich, under Theodor Mommsen among others. In 1887 he took up the new chair of Swiss history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. From 1893 to 1919 he was professor of history at the University of Zürich. He tried to popularize critical historiography, challenging the legendary traditions about the Swiss national past:

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Born
Oct 6, 1851
Died
Apr 26, 1919

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on July 23, 2013

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