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Remigius Faesch. (26 May 1595 Basel - 27 February 1667 Basel) was a
Remigius Faesch. (26 May 1595 Basel - 27 February 1667 Basel) was a Swiss
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jurist and rector of the University of Basel.
Remigius Faesch was born into a household of the Faesch family in Basel. His father Hans Rufolf Faesch was a silk merchant and mayor of Basel. He was married to Rosa Irmi, the granddaughter of the former Mayor of Basel Jakob Meyer zum Hasen
Jakob Meyer zum Hasen (1482 in Basel – 1531 in Freiburg im Breisgau) was the bürgermeister of the city of Basel from 1516 to 1521. A money changer by profession, he was the first bürgermeister of Basel to be a tradesman, belonging to a gui ...
. Between 1614 and 1616 Remigius studied law in the cities Geneva and Paris, but graduated in Basel. In 1620/21 he made an extended journey to Italy. From 1628 onwards he taught law at the University of Basel, and was elected its rector three times in years 1637–38, 1649–50 and 1660–61. Together with other professors of the University of Basel he demanded the purchase of the Amerbach Cabinet
The Amerbach Cabinet was a collection of artifacts, paintings, libraries, assembled by members of the Amerbach family, most notably by the two law professors of the University of Basel, Bonifacius Amerbach and his son Basilius Amerbach the Younger. ...
, by the city of Basel. This happened in 1661 with the support of the Mayor of Basel Johann Rudolf Wettstein
Johann Rudolf Wettstein (27 October 1594, Basel – 12 April 1666, Basel) was a Swiss diplomat and mayor of Basel, who achieved fame through his diplomatic skills, culminating in Swiss independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1648.
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. Besides he was the founder of the so-called ''Faeschisches Kabinett,'' a private museum which in 1823 became a part of the Kunstmuseum Basel. He also re-published the ''Institutionum Imperialium'' ''analysis'' by Julius Pacius a Beriga.
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