Johann Jakob Hottinger (18 May 1783, in Zürich – 17 May 1860, in Zürich) was a Swiss historian. He was a great-grandson of philologist Johann Heinrich Hottinger (1620–1667).
He studied theology at the Carolinum in Zürich, receiving his ordination in 1804. Afterwards, he taught classes in an upper "Töchterschule" and at an art school in Zürich. In 1833 he became an associate professor, then from 1844 to 1859, was a full professor of history at the University of Zürich.
Selected works.
Following the death of Robert Glutz-Blotzheim, he continued the work on Johannes von Müller's multi-volume "Geschichten schweizerischer Eidgenossenschaft " ("History of the Swiss Confederation"). With Hans Heinrich Vögeli, he published an edition of Heinrich Bullinger's "Reformationsgeschichte" (3 volumes, 1838–40). His biography of Ulrich Zwingli, "Huldreich Zwingli und seine Zeit", was translated into English and published as: "The life and times of Ulric Zwingli" (1856). Other noted works by Hottinger are:
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