Escher, Hans Caspar

9. August 1775 – 29. August 1859

: Hans Caspar Escher vom Glas :: Hans Caspar Escher im Felsenhof

Swiss industrialist, politician, social pioneer and architect.

Hans Caspar Escher founded the company Escher, Wyss & Cie. in Zurich in 1805 together with the banker Salomon von Wyss under the name Baumwollspinnerei Escher Wyss & Co. The company soon focused all its activities on the design and construction of machines of all types, later including locomotives and steamships.

Traveljournal 1825

Traveljournal 1845

London acquaintances old and new, 22 July 1845

Traveljournal 1846

Traveljournal 1851

Birmingham, 4 July 1851

Fischer, Johann Conrad: Tagebücher. Bearbeitet von Karl Schib. Schaffhausen 1951.

Cite as: Escher, Hans Caspar. 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-7525, viewed on 6 June 2025.

[[title]] — Hans Caspar Escher (lithograph by Karl Friedrich Irminger, c. 1852)