Werner Oechslin (born 1944) is a Swiss historian and author.
He was born in 1944.
He studied art history, archeology, philosophy and mathematics in Zurich and Rome. [1]
Since 1985, he has been a professor of history at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology. [2]
He is a founder of the Werner Oechslin Library. [3]
His notable books are: [4]
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