Heinrich Breitinger, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heinrich Breitinger

Swiss literary historian (1832-1889)

Date of Birth: 11-Mar-1832

Place of Birth: Ellikon an der Thur, canton of Zürich, Switzerland

Date of Death: 02-Mar-1889

Profession: university teacher, literary historian

Nationality: Switzerland

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Heinrich Breitinger (11 March 1832, in Ellikon an der Thur – 2 March 1889, in Zürich) was a Swiss literary historian and philologist. He studied medicine in Munich and Zürich, but due to a hand injury as the result of a duel, he was forced to leave the medical field.
He then studied modern languages at Zürich, Basel and Lausanne, and from 1857 taught French and English classes at the cantonal school in Frauenfeld.
From 1876 until his death, he was a full professor of modern languages at the University of Zürich.