Eugène Rambert (April 6, 1830 - November 21, 1886), was a Swiss author. April 6 is the 96th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (97th in leap years). ... 1830 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... November 21 is the 325th day of the year (326th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 _ Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... The word author has several meanings: The author of a book, story, article or the like, is the person who has written it (or is writing it). ...

He was born at Sales near Swiss Clarens, the eldest son of a Vaudois schoolmaster, from whom he received his education. When in 1845 his father lost his post owing to the religious disputes, Rambert became a teacher in Paris, and later a tutor in England and at Geneva. When the family's fortunes improved, Rambert was able to pursue his studies for the ministry, but he was more attracted by literature, and in 1845 became professor of French literature at the academy of Lausanne, and in 1860 at the Federal polytechnic school at Zürich, where he remained till 1881, when he again became professor at Lausanne. Clarens is a small farming town situated in the foothills of the Rooiberge in the Free State Province of South Africa and called the Jewel of the Free State. It was established in 1912 and named after the town in Switzerland where exiled Paul Kruger spent his last days. ... The Canton of Vaud is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland located in the southwestern part of the country. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Religion... Geneva: the Mont Blanc bridge over the Rhône River and St Peters Cathedral Geneva (French: Genève) is the second-most populous city in Switzerland located where Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman, but the Genevois are fond of calling it Lac de Genève) empties into the... French literature is literature written in the French language; and especially, literature written in French by citizens of France; it may also refer to literature written in other languages of France. ... Lausanne ( 46° 31′ 10″ N 6° 37′ 56″ E) is a city in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, situated on the shores of Lake Geneva (French: Lac Léman), and facing Évian-les-Bains (France). ... Zürich IPA (in English often Zurich, which is also the standard French form of the name) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 364,558 in 2002; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

His principal work, Les Alpes suisses (5 vols., 1866-1875; republished with large additions, according to his own scheme, in 6 volumes, 1887-1889), is a mine of miscellaneous information on the subject. He also published several volumes of poetry, as well as a volume entitled Ecrivains nationaux (1874, republished 1889), and biographies of the pietist Alexandre Vinet (1875), of the poet Juste Olivier (1879) and of the artist Alexandre Calame (1883). Pietism was a movement, in the Lutheran Church, lasting from the late-17th century to the mid-18th Century. ... Alexandre Rodolphe Vinet (June 17, 1797 _ May 4, 1847), was a French critic and theologian. ... Poets are authors of poems, or of other forms of poetry such as dramatic verse. ... Juste Daniel Olivier (1807 - January 7, 1876), Swiss poet, was born near Nyon in the canton of Vaud; he was brought up as a peasant, but studied at the college of Nyon, and later at the academy of Lausanne. ...

Rambert's Dernières Poesies were edited (1903) by Henri Warnery, whose Eugène Rambert (Lausanne, 1890) contains a critical estimate.

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• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.