Gottlieb Samuel Studer

Gottlieb Samuel Studer (5 August 1804 in Langnau im Emmental – 22 December 1890 in Vienna) was a Swiss mountaineer, notary public and draughtsman.

After the death of his father, the Studer family moved to Bern, where Studer was secretary to the cantonal justice and police department, later becoming prefect (Regierungsstatthalter) of the city of Bern.

Together with the geologist Theodor Simler and Dr Melchior Ulrich, Studer was inspired by the establishment of the British Alpine Club in 1857 to form a Swiss counterpart.

[1] In 1866 Studer left the service of the state and dedicated himself to the history of Alpine exploration.

The years 1869–1871 were spent writing Über Eis und Schnee, a three-volume history of the climbing of the Swiss Alps.