Escher, Johann Heinrich Alfred. Swiss statesman, born at Zurich; bred for the law, and lectured for a while in his native town; became President of the Council of Zurich; co-operated with Farrer in expelling the Jesuits; became member of the Diet; supported Federal union, and did much to promote and establish State education in Switzerland; (b. 1819).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Eschenbach, Wolfram von * Eschines