The Life and Times of Ulric Zwingli (Esprios Classics)

Johann Jakob Hottinger (18 May 1783, in Zrich - 17 May 1860, in Zrich) was a Swiss historian. He was a great-grandson of philologist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620-1667). He studied theology at the Carolinum in Zrich, receiving his ordination in 1804. Afterwards, he taught classes in an upper Tchterschule and at an art school in Zrich. In 1833 he became an associate professor, then from 1844 to 1859, was a full professor of history at the University of Zrich. Following the death of Robert Glutz-Blotzheim, he continued the work on Johannes von Mllers multi-volume Geschichten schweizerischer Eidgenossenschaft (History of the Swiss Confederation).