Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss agronomist
Date of Birth: 16-Dec-1716
Place of Birth: Bern, canton of Bern, Switzerland
Date of Death: 15-Jan-1780
Profession: lawyer, farmer, economist, agronomist
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius 
About Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli
- Johann Rudolf Tschiffeli (16 December 1716 - 15 January 1780) was a Swiss agronomist who founded the Economic Society of Berne in 1758.
- He was a wealthy merchant, economist and lawyer. Johann Rudolph Tschiffeli was born in Bern in 1716, in a patrician family.
- He spent much of his youth in Rheineck.
- His father, also named Johann Rudolpf Tschiffeli (1688 - 1747), was at first the General Secretary of Canton of St.
- Gallen and from 1734 on the Landvogt of Bern, when the family moved to Wangen an der Aare.
- After the death of his parents, Tschiffeli took over the care of his four younger siblings, and of his own household.
- In 1755 he became clerk at the superior marriage court, which position meant a steady income.
- He occupied this post until his death. In 1758, Tschiffeli formed the Economic Society ("Ökonomischen Gesellschaft"), which was influential beyond the Swiss borders.
- Albrecht von Haller was at one time the secretary and president of it, and in its long history it had contact with people like Carl Linnaeus, Voltaire, Victor de Riqueti, marquis de Mirabeau, Jean-Marie Roland, vicomte de la Platière, Gaetano Filangieri, and Arthur Young.
- Members included Niklaus Emanuel Tscharner and Vincenz Bernhard Tscharner.
- Activities decreased around 1800, but the society was restarted in 1838 and still exists in 2011.Tschiffeli was also an agricultural reformer, and he owned two farms, one at Kirchberg and one at Moosseedorf.
- He trained educator Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi in agriculture in 1767 and 1768.
- Tschiffeli was a member of the Helvetic Society.
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