Stehlin
Stehlin is a surname. Notable persons by this name include: *Benoist Stehlin (c.1732–1774), French harpsichord builder *Hans Georg Stehlin (1870–1941), Swiss paleontologist and geologist *Johann Jakob Stehlin (1803–1879), Swiss politician *Karl Rudolf Stehlin (1831–1881), Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States *Andrew Stehlin Andrew Stehlin is a New Zealand actor and stuntman. He started his career as a set builder and stunt performer but found a way to combine his interest in acting with his stuntwork and became a part-time actor. He received a minor cult following af ...

Benoist Stehlin
Benoist Stehlin (c.1732 – 11 July 1774) was a French harpsichord builder. Stehlin was born in the Alsatian village of Jettingen; by 1750 he was living and working in Paris. He married Françoise Lemaire, daughter of a merchant from Péronne, on 13 September 1753. He was elected juror of his district on 23 November 1762, and at the end of 1773 rented an apartment on the Quai des Augustins. He died the following year. He had kept at the apartment several harpsichords and some tools, but the important goods were stored in his shop in the rue des Cordeliers. All of it was sold by his widow on 19 December 1774; he had no children. Woodworking seems to have run in the family; not only was his father Georg a joiner, but his uncle, Jean-Baptiste Keiser (sometimes called L’Empereur) was also a harpsichord maker. The inventories of Stehlin's shop and apartment were made shortly after his death. In the apartment we find a woodworker's bench and significant assortment of tools, along ...
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Hans Georg Stehlin
Hans Georg Stehlin (1870–1941) was a Swiss paleontologist and geologist. Stehlin specialized in vertebrate paleontology, particularly the study of Cenozoic mammals. He published numerous scientific papers on primates and ungulates. He was president of the commission of the Natural History Museum of Basel. In 1910 Stehlin coined the term ''Grande Coupure'' to refer to the extinction event which occurred 33.9 millions of years ago, which defines the Eocene-Oligocene limit. It originated a huge change in organisms, especially the mammals of Europe. (in French). Stehlin is commemorated in the scientific name of a species of lizard, ''Gallotia stehlini''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ("Stehlin", p. 252). References Bibliography * External links *Stehlin, H.G. (1903). "''Die Säugetiere des schweizerischen Eocaens: critischer Catalog der Materialien'' "- Ste ...
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Johann Jakob Stehlin
Johann Jakob Stehlin (20 January 1803 – 18 December 1879) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party. Born in Basel, Stehlin was mayor of that city from 1858 to 1868. He also represented the canton Basel-City in the National Council, which he presided over in 1858/59 and 1867/68, and in the Council of States. On 11 July 1855, Stehlin was elected to the Swiss Federal Council to succeed the deceased Josef Munzinger. The next day, he declined the election, becoming the first of five Councillor-elects (as of 2020) to do so. Josef Martin Knüsel Melchior Josef Martin Knüsel (16 November 1813 – 14 January 1889) was a Swiss jurist and politician from the Liberal Radical Party (FDP) and member of the Federal Council of Switzerland over which he presided in 1861 and 1866. Before he was ... was elected in his place on 14 July. Two of Stehlin's sons also acquired renown: Karl Rudolf Stehlin, also a member of the Council of States, and Johann Jakob Stehlin junior, ...
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Karl Rudolf Stehlin
Karl Rudolf Stehlin (13 January 1831, in Basel – 12 July 1881) was a Swiss politician and President of the Swiss Council of States (1879/1880). He was the son of Johann Jakob Stehlin Johann Jakob Stehlin (20 January 1803 – 18 December 1879) was a Swiss politician of the Free Democratic Party. Born in Basel, Stehlin was mayor of that city from 1858 to 1868. He also represented the canton Basel-City in the National Council, ... (1803–1879). External links * * 1831 births 1881 deaths Politicians from Basel-Stadt Swiss Calvinist and Reformed Christians Members of the Council of States (Switzerland) Presidents of the Council of States (Switzerland) {{Switzerland-politician-stub ...
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