Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli
Deceased Person
1716 – 1780
Who was Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli?
Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli was a Swiss agronomist who founded the Economic Society of Berne in 1758. He was a wealthy merchant, economist and lawyer.
Johann Rudolph Tschiffeli was born in Bern in 1716, in a patrician family. He spent muh of his youth in Rheineck. His father, also named Johann Rudolpf Tschiffeli, was at first the General Secretary of Canton of St. Gallen and from 1734 on the Landvogt of Bern, when the family moved to Wangen an der Aare. After the death of his parents, Tschiffeli took over the care of his four younger siblings, and of his own household. In 1755 he became clerk at the superior marriage court, which position meant a steady income. He occupied this post until his death.
In 1758, Tschiffeli formed the Economic Society, which was influential beyond the Swiss borders. Albrecht von Haller was at one time the scretary and president of it, and in its long history it had contact with people like Carl Linnaeus, Voltaire, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière, Gaetano Filangieri, and Arthur Young. Members included Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner and Vincenz Bernhard Tscharner.
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