Frederick Sutermeister
Frederick Sutermeister
Frederick Sutermeister
Born(1873-01-29)29 January 1873
Aarau, Switzerland
Died16 July 1934(1934-07-16) (aged 61)
OccupationPastor and writer
Literary movementChristian socialism
Notable worksArticles in the Neue Wege

Frederick Sutermeister (29 January 1873 in Aarau 16 July 1934) was a Swiss theologian and pastor.

Biography

Sutermeister spent his childhood at the Mariaberg Abbey (St. Gallen), before the family moved to Bern in 1880, where he attended high school (Gymnasium Kirchenfeld).[1] At the age of 16 he began to attend the Humanistisches Gymnasium Basel where he established friendship with Swiss theologian Albert Barth.[1] He then studied theology at the universities of Basel, Bern and Berlin, where he attended lectures of Bernhard Duhm, Adolf von Harnack and Friedrich Paulsen (among others).[1] After graduating, he worked as a tutor for the Quarles van Ufford family in the Netherlands.[1]

In 1899 he returned to Switzerland, began his sermon in Schlossrued and married Mary Hunziker (1875–1947) in 1901.[1] With his brothers Eugen and Paul, he published the Christian entertainment magazine Für's Heim. In 1910 he was appointed to a parish in Feuerthalen.[1] During these years, he regularly wrote articles for the Christian socialist magazine Neue Wege.[1] In 1921 he was appointed to a parish in Binningen, where he also worked for the Blue Cross and where he took over Wilhelm Denz′s poor relief.[1]

Sutermeister played viola and often played piano four hands with his son Heinrich Sutermeister (1910–1995);[2] his friendship with Walter Courvoisier contributed to his son's career.[3] His son Hans Martin (1907–1977) described him as a conflictive personality in his autobiographic novel Zwischen zwei Welten.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Frederick Sutermeister Obituary. Schinznach: Buchdruckerei Rolt, 1934. OCLC 730561996
  2. Dino Larese: Heinrich Sutermeister. Amriswiler Bücherei, 1972, p. 10-14 LCCN 72-313314
  3. Günter Birkner: Heinrich Sutermeister, der Weg des Bühnenkomponisten. In: Neujahrsblatt der Allgemeinen Musikgesellschaft Zürich, vol. 169 , Zurich, 1985, p. 6. LCCN 85-146797
  4. Hans Moehrlen: Zwischen zwei Welten: Novelle. Bern: Mettler & Salz AG, 1942. ISBN 978-3-22600-030-6
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