Virgile Rossel (19 March 1858 – 29 May 1933) was a

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and writer. He was President of the

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in 1909/1910 and

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of the Federal Supreme Court 1929–1930. Rossel was born in

Tramelan Tramelan is a municipality in the Jura bernois administrative district in the canton of Bern in Switzerland. It is located in the French-speaking Bernese Jura (''Jura Bernois''). History Tramelan is first mentioned in 1179 as ''Trameleins''. ...

. He graduated in legal and literary studies at the Universities of

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, Berne, Strasbourg and Paris. He received a doctorate in law from the

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in 1879. He also had an honorary doctorate from the

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in 1909. He began teaching from 1883, when he was appointed a professor of civil law at the University of Berne. He taught until 1912. He was also rector of the university in 1894 and 1907. From 1912 to 1932, Rossel was a judge of the Federal Supreme Court. He was succeeded by his son Jean Rossel. ''Avenue Virgile-Rossel'' in

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and ''rue Virgile Rossel'' in

are named after him. A monument with his portrait in relief by Joseph Constantin Kaiser and Joseph Robert Kaiser was erected in Tramelan.

Works

* ''Histoire littéraire de la Suisse romande des origines à nos jours'', Genève 1889–1891, 2 vol. (rééd. Neuchâtel 1903; Lausanne 1990) * ''Histoire du Jura bernois'', Genève 1914 * ''Le Roi des paysans'', Lausanne, 1915 * ''Sorbeval'', roman jurassien, Lausanne 1925 * ''Ce que femme veut...'', roman féministe, Neuchâtel, 1931. * ''Anne Sentéri'' : Roman. Mœurs romanches, 1908 * ''Au cœur de la vie'' : Vers - Sonnets et poèmes - Petite et grande patrie, Lausanne, 1935 * ''Blanche Leu et autres nouvelles bernoises'', Lausanne, 1913 * ''Le chemin qui monte'' : Pièce morale en deux actes, La Neuveville, 1895 * ''Clément Rochard'' : Roman de mœurs politiques suisses. La Chaux-de-Fonds, 1903 * ''Cœurs simples'' : Roman de mœurs suisses. Genève, 1894 * ''La course au Bonheur'' : Roman, Lausanne, 1923 * ''Davel'' : Poème dramatique en cinq actes,

, 1898 * ''Démétrius'' : Drame en vers: un prologue, quatre actes, six tableaux, Zurich, 1912 * ''La démocratie et son évolution''. Berne, 1905 * ''Les deux Forces'' : Roman, Lausanne 1905 * ''Eugène Rambert'' : Sa vie, son temps et son œuvre. Lausanne, 1917 * ''Le flambeau'' : Roman, Lausanne, 1920 * ''Le grand jour'' : Roman. Lausanne, 1929 * ''Histoire de la littérature française hors de France'', Lausanne, 1895 * ''Histoire des relations littéraires entre la France et l'Allemagne'', Genève, 1970, réédition * ''Histoire littéraire de la Suisse romande des origines à nos jours'', Neuchâtel, 1903 * ''Jours difficiles'' : Roman de mœurs suisses, Genève, 1896 * ''Là-haut sur la Montagne'' ... : Poèmes alpestres, Lausanne, 1921 * ''Le Maître'' : Roman, Lausanne, 1906 * ''Une mère'' : Épisode de la guerre Anglo-transvaalienne. Drame en un acte en vers. Lausanne, 1901 * ''Morgarten'' : Drame en quatre actes en vers, Lausanne, 1905 * ''Le peuple Roi ou Grandeur et misères de la démocratie'', Lausanne, 1933 * '' Robert Caze'' : notes et souvenirs, Porrentruy, 1983, réédition * ''Le roman d'un Neutre'', Lausanne, 1918 * ''La seconde Jeunesse'' : Journal d'un Poète. Lausanne, 1888 * ''La vaudoise'' : Pièce en trois actes. Lausanne, 1907 * ''Poèmes suisses'', Lausanne, 1893 * *

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