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Johannes Scherr (3 October 1817 – 21 November 1886) was a German-born cultural historian, writer, literary critic, educator and politician who spent most of his working life in Switzerland.

Johannes Scherr
Johannes Scherr

Biography


Scherr was born in Hohenrechberg (today part of Schwäbisch Gmünd), Württemberg on October 1817. After studying philosophy and history at the University of Tübingen (1837–1840), he became master in a school conducted by his brother Thomas in Winterthur. In 1843 he moved to Stuttgart, and, entering the political arena with a pamphlet Württemberg im Jahr 1843, was elected in 1848 a member of the Württemberg House of Deputies; became leader of the democratic party in south Germany and, in consequence of his agitation for parliamentary reform in 1849, was obliged, to take refuge in Switzerland to avoid arrest. Condemned in contumaciam to fifteen years hard labor, he established himself in Zürich as Privatdozent in 1850, but moved in 1852 to Winterthur. In 1860 he was appointed professor of history and Swiss literature at the Polytechnicum in Zürich, in which city he died on 21 November 1886.


Personal life


In 1845, Scherr married the Swiss writer Maria Susanna Kübler who is remembered for her early cookbooks and household guides.[1]


Works


Scherr was a voluminous writer in the field of historical investigation into the civilization, literature, and manners and customs of his country. His works, characterized by their caustic wit and many peculiarities in point of diction, have largely a political bias, but are characterized by clearness of exposition and careful research. Noteworthy among his books are the following:

Scherr also wrote the humorous Sommertagebuch des weiland Dr Gastrosophiae, Jeremia Sauerampfer (1873); as a novelist he published the historical novels, Schiller (1856), and Michel, Geschichte eines Deutschen unserer Zeit (1858) which have passed through several editions.

With the exception of some of his stories (Novellenbuch, 10 vols 1873–1877) Scherr's works have not appeared in a collected edition.


References


  1. "Kübler, Maria Susanne" (in German). Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz. Retrieved 16 November 2016.
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На других языках


- [en] Johannes Scherr

[ru] Шерр, Иоганн

Иоганн Шерр (нем. Jóhannes Scherr; 3 октября 1817[1], Rechberg[d], королевство Вюртемберг — 21 ноября 1886[1], Цюрих) — немецкий историк литературы, публицист, беллетрист и общественный деятель[2].



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