Gustav von Burg

From an early age Gustav joined his father on outdoor trips collecting specimens of birds and small mammals.

Their home on Ziegelfeldstrasse known as the "Haus von Burg" became a centre for bird research, and the headquarters of the "Federal Ornithological Commission in Ölten".

He was a founding president of the Swiss Society for Ornithology and Bird Protection from 1909 but resigned from the position in 1913 when he was succeeded by Albert Hess.

He became a president of the health insurance company that his father had helped found and he supported a federal old-age and disability pension.

He also wrote on political topics and he criticized the German Wehrmacht and their actions in Belgium during the First World War.