Johann Jakob Hottinger (18 May 1783, in
Zürich – 17 May 1860, in Zürich) was a Swiss historian. He was a great-grandson of
philologistJohann Heinrich Hottinger (1620–1667).
He studied
theology at the
Carolinum in Zürich, receiving his
ordination in 1804. Afterwards, he taught classes in an upper Töchterschule and at an art school in Zürich. In 1833 he became an associate professor, then from 1844 to 1859, was a full professor of history at the
University of Zürich.[1][2]
Arnold von Winkelried; ein vaterländisches Schauspiel in vier Aufzügen, 1810 –
Arnold von Winkelried; a patriotic drama in four acts.
Vorlesungen über die Geschichte des Untergangs der schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft der dreizehn Orte und der Umbildung derselben in eine helvetische Republik, 1844 – Lectures on the history of the downfall of the Swiss confederation of the
thirteen cantons and the transformation thereof into a
Helvetic Republic.
Der staatshaushalt der schweizerischen eidsgenossenschaft und ihrer einzelnen republiken, 1847 – The state budget of the Swiss confederation and its individual republics.