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Adolf Frey (18 February 1855, Küttigen – 12 February 1920, Zurich) was a Swiss writer and literary historian. The son of popular writer Jakob Frey (1824–1875), he studied at various universities, including from 1879 to 1881 literature and history at the University of Leipzig.
In 1882 he became a German teacher at the high school in Aarau and in 1898 professor of German literature at the University of Zurich. He died six days before his 65th birthday, from cancer.
Conrad Ferdinand Meyer was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of literary realism who is mainly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer".
Friedrich Emil Welti known as Emil Welti was a Swiss politician, lawyer and judge. From 1856 to 1866, he was a member of the government of the canton of Aargau and, beginning in 1857, the Council of States. In 1867, Welti was elected to the Bundesrat as a representative of the liberal-radical faction.
Johann Christoph Gottsched was a German philosopher, author and critic of the Enlightenment.
The University of Zürich is a public research university located in the city of Zürich, Switzerland. It is the largest university in Switzerland, with its 28,000 enrolled students. It was founded in 1833 from the existing colleges of theology, law, medicine which go back to 1525, and a new faculty of philosophy.
The Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research is one of the seven departments of the federal government of Switzerland, headed by a Member of the Swiss Federal Council.
Adolf Hurwitz was a German mathematician who worked on algebra, analysis, geometry and number theory.
Levin Ludwig Schücking was a German scholar of the English language and English literature.
Heinrich Frey was a German-born Swiss entomologist who studied Lepidoptera. He was born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and died in Zurich, Switzerland.
Karl Anton Eugen Prantl, also known as Carl Anton Eugen Prantl, was a German botanist.
Adolf Lasson was a German Jewish philosophical writer, strident Prussianist, and the father of Georg Lasson.
Adolf Muschg is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten.
Maximilian (Max) Ruppert Franz von Frey was an Austrian-German physiologist who was born in Salzburg.
Paul Zweifel was a German gynecologist and physiologist. In 1876 he proved that the fetus was metabolically active.
Johannes Hermann August Wilhelm Max Spohr was a German bookseller and publisher. He was one of the first publishers worldwide who published LGBT publications. Later Adolf Brand in Berlin published the first LGBT periodical magazine Der Eigene.
Jakob Frey was a Swiss writer of short stories about peasant life. He used the pseudonyms J. Reif, F. Kuhn, F. Imhoof, and J. A.
Alexander Moritz Frey (1881–1957) was a German author known for his fantasy books and for his satirical columns in the press.
Adolf Ferdinand Weinhold was a German chemist, physician and inventor.
Robert Faesi was a Swiss writer and academic concerned with Literature and language
Johann Ludwig Tobler was a Swiss philologist and folklorist. Born in Hirzel in Zürich, Switzerland, he was an older brother of philologist Adolf Tobler (1835–1910). Ludwig Tobler died in Zürich.
Ernst Beutler was a German literary historian and Goethe researcher who served as the director of the Freies Deutsches Hochstift literary society between 1925 and 1960.
Adolf Frey (writer) in the German National Library catalogue
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