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Steiger, Edmund von, 1836-1908

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Personal name headingSteiger, Edmund von, 1836-1908
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Variant(s)Von Steiger, Karl Friedrich Edmund, 1836-1908
Steiger, Karl Friedrich Edmund von, 1836-1908
Birth date18360908
Death date19080226
Place of birthBern (Switzerland)
Place of deathBern (Switzerland)
AffiliationBern (Switzerland : Canton). Regierungsrat
Switzerland. Bundesversammlung. Nationalrat
Switzerland. Bundesversammlung. Nationalrat
Schweizerisches Rotes Kreuz
Profession or occupationClergy Politicians
Found inEdmund von Steiger: dressig jahre neuere bernische und Schweizerische geschichte, 1949
Deuteche National Bibliothek, August 26, 2014 (Steiger, Edmund von, 1836-1908; other names: Steiger, Karl Friedrich Edmund von; Swiss pastor and politician)
Wikipedia, August 26, 2-14 (Edmund von Steiger; Karl Friedrich Edmund von Steiger; born September 8, 1836 in Bern; died February 26, 1908 in Bern; a Swiss priest and politician; he studied theology at the Universities of Basel and Bern; from 1862 to 1870 he worked as a pastor in the municipality of Saanen and in the Gsteig parish near Interlaken; from 1878 until his death he was a member of the Governing Council of the Canton of Bern and was its president in 1881/1882, 1894/1895 and 1902/1903; from 1888 to 1890 and from 1891 to 1908 he was a member of the National Council, the large chamber of the Swiss parliament; from 1905 until his death he served as President of the Swiss Red Cross)