Albert Bitzius was a Swiss novelist, best known by his pen name of Jeremias Gotthelf.
The Burckhardt family alternatively also (de) Bourcard is a family of the Basel patriciate, descended from Christoph (Stoffel) Burckhardt (1490–1578), a merchant in cloth and silk originally from Münstertal, Black Forest, who received Basel citizenship in 1523, and became a member of the Grand Council of Basel-Stadt in 1553.
Anne-Marie Blanc was a Swiss film and television actress, style icon and was commonly referred to as "The Grand Dame of the Swiss Film". Her granddaughter is the actress Mona Petri.
Jenny Estate is a large estate in the municipality of Thalwil of the Canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is a Swiss heritage site of national significance.
Carl Seelig was a German-Swiss writer and patron. He was best known as a friend, promoter and guardian of Robert Walser and the first biographer of Albert Einstein.
Events from 1848 in Switzerland.
François Paul Lachenal was a Swiss publisher and diplomat, who beginning in 1940 played a significant role in publishing the writings of the French authors during the occupation of France by Germany. He was member of the Swiss delegation in Vichy till 1944 and later till 1945 at the Swiss embassy in Berlin. Publisher of the magazine Traits he was son of Genevan politician Paul Lachenal, nephew of The president of the Swiss Confederation Adrien Lachenal and married to Johanna Bertha Caroline Otken. He is buried at the Cimetière des Rois in Geneva.
Adolf Keller was a Swiss Protestant theologian, professor and Secretary-General of the European Central Office for Ecclesiastical Aid.
Conzett & Huber was a Swiss publishing house known for the magazines Du and Zürcher Illustrated. In 1908, Verena Conzett made the decision to expand her small print shop into the magazine publisher Conzett & Cie, with lawyer Emil Huber as a "silent shareholder". Huber took over operational management of the company in 1918. By 1929, the company was known as Conzett & Huber.
The Fabbrica di Cioccolato Cima Norma S.A., also Chocolat Cima-Norma S.A., in Torre-Dangio was an industrial chocolate production company in the canton of Ticino. It was founded in 1903 by the Cima brothers. It went bankrupt in 1968. The company Cima Norma S.A. also stands for the economic development and modernization advancement goal from the beginning of the 20th century for the mountain valley Blenio Valley, which was classified as a peripheral region.
Paul Hyde Bonner was an American banker, soldier, singer, diplomat, and author. He is a member of the Stehli family by marriage to Lilly Marguerite Stehli, a daughter of Emil Stehli-Zweifel, then the head of Stehli Silks Corporation in New York.
Hans Friedrich Albrecht Erlenmeyer was a German-Swiss chemist and collector of antiquities. He was a professor of inorganic chemistry at the University of Basel.
Isabella Katharina Alix Hortense Anda-Bührle known as Hortense Anda-Bührle was a German-born Swiss businesswoman, art collector and philanthropist. She was the daughter of Emil Georg Bührle, who was the majority owner of Oerlikon-Bührle and long-term trustee and curator of Foundation E. G. Bührle.
Antoine Charles Kiefer-Hablitzel was a Swiss businessman, industrialist and patron. He was known for founding the Kiefer-Hablitzel Foundation in Lucerne, Switzerland together with his wife Mathilde. Kiefer-Hablitzel formerly was the principal shareholder and board member of Banco do Brasil and held various interests, primarily in the steel and textile industry in Brazil.
Stehli Silks was a Swiss textile manufacturing company. Founded in 1837, Stehli Silks was among the largest silk fabric producers in the world, with a workforce exceeding 4,000 people (1920) at its peak. More than half of its workforce was employed at the subsidiary Stehli Silks Corporation in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which opened in 1897.
Gustav Adolf Bühler commonly referred to as Adolf Bühler Jr. was a Swiss industrialist, philanthropist and politician. He was the eldest son of Adolf Bühler and majority owner of Bühler Brothers. Bühler served on the Cantonal Council of St. Gallen from 1898 to 1906 for the Free Radical Liberals. He was a member of the Bühler family.
ONE Swiss Bank SA is a publicly traded private bank and wealth management firm based in Geneva. One Swiss Bank specializes in private banking and tailored asset & wealth management. It provides its services to private and institutional clients across Switzerland and the world. The bank was founded in 2004 by Bénédict Hentsch. Hentsch's bank changed its name to GS Banque in 2014 and merged with Banque Profil de Gestion and Banca Arner, forming One Swiss Bank in 2021. The firm currently has CHF 5 billion of assets under management.
Dominik Blunschy is a Swiss software engineer and politician who currently is member-elect of the National Council (Switzerland) for The Centre after being elected during the 2023 Swiss federal election. He assumed office on 4 December 2023.
Alexis Schwarzenbach is a Swiss historian, curator and author. He is a member of the prominent Schwarzenbach family.
