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Also Known As Han Conrad Escher
Born August 24, 1767 • Zürich • Switzerland
Died March 9, 1823 (aged 55) • Zürich • Switzerland
Title / Office president (1798-1799), Helvetic Republic
Frédéric-César de La Harpe
Swiss politician
Peter Ochs
Swiss revolutionary
Aloys Reding
Swiss politician
Hans Ulrich Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Johannes Grubenmann
Swiss engineer
Théophile Bonet
Swiss scholar
Nikolaus I Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
Jean Bauhin
Swiss physician and botanist
Charles Bally
Swiss philologist
Jacques Herzog
Swiss architect
Pierre de Meuron
Swiss architect
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Swiss-born French philosopher
Le Corbusier
Le Corbusier
Swiss architect
Paul Klee
Paul Klee
Swiss-German artist
Huldrych Zwingli
Huldrych Zwingli
Swiss religious leader
Jacob Burckhardt
Jacob Burckhardt
Swiss historian
Karl Barth
Karl Barth
Swiss theologian
portrait of Germaine de Staël
Germaine de Staël
French-Swiss author
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-American scientist and educator
Carl Jung
Carl Jung
Swiss psychologist