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A Swiss poet, miscellaneous writer, and classical scholar; born at Basle, Dec. 24, 1828. He was professor of philology at Basle in 1863. Besides learned works, including "Richard Bentley" (1868), "History of Ancient Literature" (2 vols., 1880), etc., he has written "Rhigmurmel" (1856), a volume of poems in the Basle dialect; the epic poems "Matilda" (2d ed. 1862) and "The Earthquake at Basle" (1856); the idyl "Peace" (1862); stories, comedies, juveniles, etc. He died June 18, 1902.