Edmond Davall
Edmond Davall (25 March 1793 - 18 December 1860) was a Swiss forester and politician.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Davall was born on 25 March 1793 in Orbe, Vaud, the son of Edmund Davall, an English-born Swiss botanist, and Henriette Crinsoz de Cottens.[1] Davall studied forestry in Germany, graduating in 1816.[1] He married Louise de Joffrey in 1820.[1] Davall distinguished himself as a planner, working in Orbe, Lausanne and Moudon, and played a decisive role in the drafting of Vaud's Forestry Law of 1835.[1]
Davall placed professionals in charge of the districts and published several articles.[1] He was a founding member of the Vaudois Society of Foresters, vice-president of the cantonal forestry commission, and served as a Liberal member of the Grand Council of Vaud from 1843 to 1845.[1] Davall was also a judge at the Vevey district court and a colonel of the Swiss Army artillery.[1] He died on 18 December 1860 in Lausanne, aged 67.[1]
References
[edit | edit source]Further reading
[edit | edit source]- Cédric ROSSIER, mémoire de licence de l'Université de Lausanne, septembre 2003.
- "Edmond Davall : approche biographique de l’homme et du forestier", Cédric ROSSIER, in Revue historique vaudoise, 2005.
- J. Barbey, «Les forestiers D.», in Journal forestier suisse, 1953, 391–395.
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