Wilhelm Vischer
Swiss historian

Wilhelm Vischer

The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Swiss historian
Gender:
Male
Work field:
Birth:
4 August 1833
Death:
30 March 1886
Family:
Father:
Wilhelm Vischer-Bilfinger
The details
Biography

Wilhelm Eduard Vischer (30 April 1895 in Davos – 27 November 1988 in Montpellier) was a Swiss pastor, theologian, Hebraist, Old Testament scholar and amateur Lied lyricist. One of his major areas of study was that of Christ in the Old Testament.
From 1934 he was pastor of the German-speaking evangelical church in Lugano. In the same year he published the first volume of Das Christuszeugnis des Alten Testaments on the Pentateuch. In 1942 the second volume on the early prophets and Joshua to Kings. He was a pastor in Basel till 1947 when he moved to become professor of Old Testament in Montpellier.