Career
Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters. He died at Zürich in 1783.
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Born at Greifensee, near Zürich, and first studying theology and then trying a commercial career, he finally found his vocation in letters. He died at Zürich in 1783.
In 1725 he was appointed professor of Helvetian history at the Carolinum academy in Zürich, a chair which he held for half a century, and in 1735 became a member of the Cantonal Council.