Eduard de Muralt (

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1808–1895) was a Swiss-German professor of theology, librarian, and palaeographer. Born in

, as son of Kaspar, a dealer, and of Elizabeth Sprüngli. Studies of theology in Zurich (finished in 1832), then of philology and philosophy in Berlin,

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and Paris. Muralt emigrated to Russia in 1834, took the German Protestant parish of St. Petersburg (1836-1850), he was a librarian of the Imperial Hermitage (1840-1864), and described Greek manuscripts housed in the library.Eduard de Muralt, ''Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique'' (Petersburg 1864) He examined also the

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in the

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. He became private-docent in the

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(1864), and professor of theology in

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(1869). Doctor honoris causa of the faculty of theology of the

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(1849).

Works

''Catalogue des manuscrits grecs de la Bibliothèque Impériale publique''
(Petersburg 1864)

References

External links

Dictionnaire historique de la Suisse (DHS)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Muralt, Eduard de 1808 births 1895 deaths People from Weinfelden District Swiss biblical scholars Swiss librarians Swiss palaeographers