Egli, Emil

Lie. Theol. {lion., Zurich, 1884), Swi Protestant; b. at Flaach, Canton Zurich, Jan. 9, 1848; studied theology at Zurich, 1866- 70; was curate at Cappel, 1870-71; pastor at Dynhard, 1871-76; Au ersihl, 1876-85; Mettmenstetten, since 1885 (all these places are in Canton Zurich); since 1880 he has been privat-docent of church history in the University of Zurich. Since 1873 he has been a member of the Volkmar Theological and Historical Society at Zurich. He is the author of Feldziige in Armenien, Beitrag zur Kritik des Tacitus (in Budinger's Untersuchungen zur Rom. Kaisergeschichte, Leipzig, 1868); Schlacht von Cappel, Zurich, 1873; Les origiues du Nouveau Testament, Geneva, 1874; Zilricher Wiedertaufer zur Reformationszeit, Zurich, 1878; Actensammlung zur Zilricher Reformationsgeschichte, 1879; Martyrium des Polycarp und seine Zeit (in Hilgenfeld's Zeitschrift f. ici enschaftl. Theol., 1881); Lucian und Polycarp (ib., 1883); (edited) Zwinglis Lehrbuchlein, Zurich, 1884; Luther und Zwingli in Marburg (in the Theol. Zeitschrift a. d. Schweiz, 1884). Encyclopedia of Living Divines — E–H e.