Christophe Moehrlen | |
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Born |
Baiersbronn, Württemberg |
20 January 1800
Died | 28 February 1871 Daillens, Switzerland |
(aged 71)
Occupation | Schoolteacher, writer |
Genre | Children's literature, Christian literature |
Christophe Moehrlen (20 January 1800 – 28 February 1871), pen name: Christoph Irenius, was a Swiss French Protestant pastor of German origin, schoolteacher and author of children's literature.
Moehrlen was teacher at the Evangelical College in Schiers, at the poorhouse Calame in Le Locle and at Christian Friedrich Spittler′s Griechenanstalt in Beuggen. He later worked as a pastor in Payerne where he founded a reformatory for boys, and finally in Daillens. In addition to some educational works and translations, he published in 1839 under the pseudonym Christoph Irenius the autobiographical book Eine wahrhafte Geschichte (“A true story”).
Moehrlen was the father-in-law of Otto Sutermeister.