The Unusual American Career of the Swiss Politician Emily Frey (1838-1922)

Authors

Hans R. Guggisberg

Keywords

Emil Frey, Swiss politicians, Swiss biographies, 19th century Swiss politicians

Abstract

The title of this paper may arouse the expectation that we will concern ourselves mainly with a number of adventurous anecdotes from the biography of a prominent Swiss politician of the late 19th and early 20th century. I do not want to disappoint such expectations altogether. I shall indeed relate several episodes from Emil Frey's life which appear to be worth relating because they are not only quite unusual but - at least to my knowledge - also very little known. Frey's biography is linked to the history of Switzerland and Basel on the one hand, and quite particularly to that of the Canton of Basel-Land. On the other hand, however, it bears upon significant and dramatic events of world-history in a way which is very rare in biographies of 19th century Swiss politicians.

Recommended Citation

Guggisberg, Hans R. (1986) "The Unusual American Career of the Swiss Politician Emily Frey (1838-1922)," Swiss American Historical Society Newsletter: Vol. 22: Iss. 2, Article 3.
Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_newsletter/vol22/iss2/3