Bitzius, a Swiss author, composed stories of Swiss life under the nom de plume of Jeremias Gotthelf, fascinating from their charming simplicity and truth; he is much admired by Ruskin; was by profession a Protestant pastor, the duties of which he continued to discharge till his death (1797-1854).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Bitumen * Bizerta