Stapfer, Philipp Albert, 1766-1840

found: Bonaparte, Talleyrand et Stapfer, 1800-1803, 1869:p. iii (Philippe-Albert Stapfer, Swiss chargé d'affaires and min. plenipotentiary in Paris, 1800-03) p. xi, etc. (b. Bern 1766, philosopher, Protestant clergyman; d. Paris 1840)

found: LC data base, 11/17/88(hdg.: Stapfer, Philipp Albert, 1766-1840; usage: P. A. Stapfer; Albert Stapfer; Philipp Albert Stapfer)

found: German Wikipedia, Nov. 18, 2013:"Philipp Albert Stapfer" (Philipp Albert Stapfer; born Sep. 23, 1766, Bern; died Mar. 27, 1840, Paris; Swiss politician, diplomat and theologian; S. came from a long line of clergy, and studied theology at the Berner Akademie; 1789-1790 student U. Göttingen, where he came into contact with the ideas of the French Revolution; after an educational trip to London and revolutionary Paris, S. began teaching in Berne in 1791 and named professor of philology the following year; named 1798 by the new Swiss Republic as minister of sciences, arts, buildings and roads; Swiss ambassador to France 1800-1802, and 1803 responsible for the creation of the canton of Aargau, and president of the commission responsible for the liquidation of the Swiss Republic; 1803 settled in Paris, the home of his wife, and devoted himself to writing, translating, oratory and theological studies)

found: Deutsche Biographie online, Nov. 18, 2013(access point: Stapfer, Philipp Albert; Swiss statesman and savant; born Sep. 23, 1766 in Berne, died Mar. 27, 1840 in Paris; father Daniel from Brugg in Aargau, and pastor at the Berner Münster)