Gottlieb Emanuel von Haller (1735–1786) was a

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se historian, numismatist, botanist, politician, diplomat and librarian.

Biography

He was the eldest son of polymath Albrecht von Haller. Born in

, he studied law and history in

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, where his father was professor for medicine and botany. He returned to Berne in 1753. He entered public service in Berne, in 1763 as vice-librarian, 1765 as secretary of the war council, and from 1775 as member of the city council. He was a fellow of the

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from 1778. He was sent to represent Berne in the transmontane bailiwicks in 1779/80 and from 1785 until his death he served as reeve of

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. He married Anna Margarethe Schultheß (1734–1810) in 1761, with whom he had six sons and four daughters. One of his sons was political philosopher Karl Ludwig von Haller.

Works

As a student, he wrote pamphlets against the

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of taxonomy. During his career he authored numerous works on bibliothecography,

numismatics Numismatics is the study or collection of currency, including coins, tokens, paper money, medals and related objects. Specialists, known as numismatists, are often characterized as students or collectors of coins, but the discipline also includ ...

and the

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, writing in German, French and Latin. His magnum opus was a ''History of Switzerland'' (''Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte'') in six volumes, two volumes published during his lifetime, the remaining four, which were ready for print at the time of his death, were published posthumously by J.J. Stapfer. *''Epistola ad patrem, dubia ex Linnaei fundamentis botanicis hausta continens'', Göttingen, 1750 *''Dubiorum contra sect. VII. Fundam. bot. Linnaei'', Göttingen, 1753 *''Specimen bibliothecae Helveticae'', Bern, 1757 *''Conseils pour former une Bibliothèque historique de la Suisse'', Bern, 1771 *'' Wilhelm Tell – Eine Vorlesung'', Bern, 1772 *''Schweitzerisches Münz- und Medaillenkabinett'', Bern, 1781/82 *''Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte und aller Theile, so dahin Bezug haben'', Bern, 1785–1787 (doi:10.3931/e-rara-24952)

References

*Emil Blösch: "Haller, Gottlieb von", '' Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 10, (1879), 430f. *Hans Haeberli: "Haller, Gottlieb Emanuel von", ''Neue Deutsche Biographie'' vol. 7 (1966), 548f. {{DEFAULTSORT:Haller, Gottlieb Emanuel von 18th-century Swiss historians Swiss numismatists People from Bern 1735 births 1786 deaths

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