Alexis Schwarzenbach
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1971 (age 54–55)
European University Institute (PhD)
- Historian
- curator
- author
Alexis Schwarzenbach | |
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| Born | Alexis Caspar Schwarzenbach 1971 (age 54–55) |
| Education | Freies Gymnasium Zürich |
| Alma mater | Balliol College (AB) European University Institute (PhD) |
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| Relatives | Annemarie Schwarzenbach (great-aunt) Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille (great-great-grandmother) Ulrich Wille (3x great-grandfather) Robert Miles Sloman (5x great-grandfather) |
| Family | Schwarzenbach family |
| Website | Official website |
Alexis Caspar Schwarzenbach[1] (German pronunciation: [ˈʃvaʁtsn̩baχ]; born 1971) is a Swiss historian, curator and author. He is a member of the prominent Schwarzenbach family.
Schwarzenbach was born in 1971 in Zürich, Switzerland, to François Schwarzenbach (b. 1939) and Sybille Schwarzenbach (née Sigg). His father is a businessman and heir to Robert Schwarzenbach & Co, formerly the world's largest silk concern.[2][3] He has two younger sisters and a brother.[4]
He is a great-nephew of Annemarie Schwarzenbach and a great-great-grandson of Renée Schwarzenbach-Wille. Hence he is also of patrilineal descent of Ulrich Wille and Robert Miles Sloman. He is only very distantly related to Urs Schwarzenbach, proprietor of the Dolder Grand Hotel.[5] He has Swiss, German and English ancestry.[6]
In 1990, Schwarzenbach completed his Matura, at Freies Gymnasium Zürich and studied Modern History at Balliol College, Oxford completing a Bachelor of Arts in 1994. He received his PhD in 1997 from European University Institute.
