Hans Bloesch

Hans Bloesch (26 December 1878 – 28 April 1945) was a Swiss author, editor, correspondent and librarian.

He studied German, history and philosophy at the University of Bern and went to work around 1900 as a private secretary and librarian for Adrien Dollfus (1858–1921) in Paris.

In 1905 he supervised the editorial staff of the Berner Fremdenblatt, and from 1906 to 1908 he taught at the German School in Rome.

[1] In 1909 he married violinist Adele Stöcker[2] (1875–1978) and moved back to Bern where he worked as an editor.

In 1927 he was elected to the position of head librarian, where he served until two months before he died in 1945.