Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler

Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler (11 August 1852, in Safnern – 7 April 1935) was a Swiss agriculturalist and ethnographer. Following classes at the agricultural school in Rütti, he studied agriculture at the Universities of Halle and Leipzig. In 1875, he founded a private Samen-Kontrollstation (seed control station) in Mattenhof bei Bern. As his career progressed, he developed an interest in ethnography, making frequent visits to Valais in order to study the lives and customs of its population.

Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler

Friedrich Gottlieb Stebler (11 August 1852, in Safnern – 7 April 1935) was a Swiss agriculturalist and ethnographer. Following classes at the agricultural school in Rütti, he studied agriculture at the Universities of Halle and Leipzig. In 1875, he founded a private Samen-Kontrollstation (seed control station) in Mattenhof bei Bern. As his career progressed, he developed an interest in ethnography, making frequent visits to Valais in order to study the lives and customs of its population.