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Born February 20, 1819 • Zürich • Switzerland
Died December 6, 1882 (aged 63) • Zürich • Switzerland
Title / Office president (1848-1848), Zürich

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Bronze statue of Alfred Escher by Richard Kissling stands atop a fountain with sculpted figures at its base, in front of a historic building in Zurich, Switzerland.
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