Who was Albert Bitzius?
Q: Who was Albert Bitzius?
A: Albert Bitzius was a Swiss novelist and pastor who is more famously known by his pen name, Jeremias Gotthelf.
Q: Where did he grow up?
A: He grew up in Utzenstorf, a village in the Bernese Emmental.
Q: What did he do after completing his education at Bern?
A: After completing his education at Bern, he visited the University of Göttingen and then returned home to act as his father's assistant.
Q: When did he marry one of his granddaughters?
A: He married one of his granddaughters in 1833.
Q: What is Bitzius' best known work?
A: His best known work is the short novel Die Schwarze Spinne (The Black Spider).
Q: How many children did he have?
A: He had three children - a son who became a pastor and two daughters who married pastors.
Q: What political party was Bitzius associated with?
A: Bitzius was associated with the Whig political party and strongly opposed to the Radical party in the canton.
