Hurter, Melchior

1. February 1735 – 18. December 1811

Melchior Hurter was active in the Netherlands for a long time before he became a captain of artillery in Schaffhausen.

Together with Christoph Jetzler, he gave free lessons in various areas of mathematics in Schaffhausen. Johann Conrad Fischer studied trigonometry and algebra with them.

Traveljournal 1794

Youth and education

Zimmermann, Jürg: Melchior Hurter. In: Schaffhauser Biographien Band III (Schaffhauser Beiträge zur vaterländischen Geschichte 46/1969), S. 102–104 (E-Periodica, Stand 31.1.2023).

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Cite as: Hurter, Melchior. In: Travel Reports of a Pioneer: Digital Edition of the Travel Journals of Johann Conrad Fischer 1794–1851. Published by Franziska Eggimann. Edited by Franziska Eggimann, Nicolau Lutz, Valerija Rukavina und Christopher Zoller-Blundell. Schlatt 2023, Version 1.2, https://johannconradfischer.com/en/names/gfa-actors-7377, viewed on 23 November 2024.