Virgile Rossel

Virgile Rossel (19 March 1858 – 29 May 1933) was a Swiss jurist, politician and writer.

He graduated in legal and literary studies at the Universities of Leipzig, Berne, Strasbourg and Paris.

He began teaching from 1883, when he was appointed a professor of civil law at the University of Berne.

[1] From 1912 to 1932, Rossel was a judge of the Federal Supreme Court.

Avenue Virgile-Rossel in Lausanne and rue Virgile Rossel in Tramelan are named after him.