| Johannes Dierauer | |
| Birth Date: | 20 March 1842 |
| Birth Place: | Berneck, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Death Place: | St. Gallen, St. Gallen, Switzerland |
| Occupation: | historian, librarian |
| Education: | University of Zürich University of Bonn University of Paris |
| Genre: | history |
| Spouse: | Lisette Brunner |
| Children: | 2 |
| Parents: | Jakob Dierauer Engelina Hohl |
Johannes Dierauer (20 March 1842 - 14 March 1920) was a Swiss historian and librarian. He taught history classes at the Cantonal School in St. Gallen from 1868 to 1907 and, from 1874 to 1920, served as the head of the City Library of St. Gallen.
Dierauer was born in Berneck, St. Gallen on 20 March 1842 to Jakob Dierauer and Engelina Hohl. His father was a farmer whose family belonged to Berneck's historic bourgeoisie.[1]
He studied history at the universities of Zürich, Bonn and Paris, receiving his doctorate at Zürich in 1868 with a dissertation on Trajan, titled Beiträge zu einer kritischen Geschichte Trajans. From 1868 to 1907 he taught classes in history at the cantonal school in St. Gallen, and from 1874 onward, was head of the Stadtbibliothek Vadiana, the city library in St. Gallen.[2]
He was married to Lisette Brunner of Oberhelfenschwil, with whom he had two daughters.
Dierauer died in St. Gallen on 14 March 1920.
His magnum opus was a history of the Swiss Confederation, Geschichte der schweizerischen Eidgenossenschaft, published in five volumes from 1887 to 1917. Other noted writings by Dierauer are:
He was the author of 18 biographies in the Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie.[5]