Christophe Moehrlen

Christophe Moehrlen
Born 20 January 1800(1800-01-20)
Baiersbronn, Württemberg
Died 28 February 1871(1871-02-28) (aged 71)
Daillens, Switzerland
Occupation Schoolteacher, writer
Genres Children's literature, Christian literature

Christophe Moehrlen (20 January 1800 – 28 February 1871), pen name: Christoph Irenius, was a Swiss French protestant pastor of German origin, schoolteacher and author of children's literature.

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Biography

Moehrlen was teacher at the Evangelical College in Schiers,[1] at the poorhouse Calame in Le Locle[2] and at Christian Friedrich Spittler′s Griechenanstalt in Beuggen.[3] He later worked as a pastor in Payerne where he founded a reformatory for boys, and finally in Daillens.[4] In addition to some educational works and translations, he published in 1839 under the pseudonym Christoph Irenius the autobiographical book Eine wahrhafte Geschichte (“A true story”).

Moehrlen was the father-in-law of Otto Sutermeister.[5][6]

Selected works

Secondary literature

References

  1. ^ Heinrich Wilhelm Josias Thiersch. Christian Heinrich Zeller's Leben. Vol. 1. Felix Schneider, 1876, p. 308
  2. ^ Basler Zeitschrift für Geschichte und Altertumskunde, Vol. 43-45. Historische und Antiquarische Gesellschaft zu Basel, Stiftung Pro Augusta Raurica, R. Reich, 1944. p. 132
  3. ^ Heidy Margrit Müller. Dichterische Freiheit und pädagogische Utopie: Studien zur schweizerischen Jugendliteratur. Lang, 1998. p. 33. ISBN 9783906757568
  4. ^ Anzeige einer Knaben-Erziehungsanstalt in the second volume of his work Das Buch der Wahrheitszeugen. Basel 1846, p. 829
  5. ^ Christophe Moehrlen, Société Genevoise de Généalogie
  6. ^ Erinnerung an Frau Professor Ernestine Sutermeister-Moehrlen: Geboren den 18. Oktober 1832 / Gestorben den 18. Juli 1900. 1900.