Bitzius

Bitzius, Albert, born at Morat, Switzerland, in 1797, and passed an uneventful life as a Protestant pastor. Under the nom-de-plume of Jeremias Gotthelf he wrote a number of tales that became very popular and spread wholesome lessons of piety and morality among the Swiss, in whose dialect they were written. He also collected national legends. His works were translated into German and thus got a wider circulation. He died in 1854.