Ferdinand Vetter
Ferdinand Vetter was a Swiss Germanist and medievalist.
In 1866–68 He studied under philologist Wilhelm Wackernagel and historian Jacob Burckhardt at the University of Basel, then continued his education at the universities of Berlin and Göttingen. Following graduation, he taught classes at the cantonal school in Chur, and from 1874 worked as a schoolteacher in Aarau. In 1876 he became an associate professor at the University of Bern, where in 1886 he was appointed professor of German philology. In 1909/10 he served as university rector.
In 1891 he founded the magazine Schweizerische Rundschau, of which he worked as editor until 1897. He is credited with the restoration of Sankt-Georgen monastery at Stein am Rhein, which had been taken over by his father.
