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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Topffer
Britannica 11thTOPFFER, RODOLPHE (1799-1846), the inventor of pedestrian journeys in Switzerland by schoolboys, was born at Geneva on the 3ist of January 1799. His grandfather, a tailor, came about 1 760 from Schweinfurt (Bavaria) to settle in Geneva, while his father, Adam, ...
Vol. 27, pp. 49-49
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