EntityQ115569· pop 24· linked from 88 articlesAlfred EscherSign in to saveSwiss politician and railroad entrepreneur (1819–1882)ConnectionsZurichEntityUniversity of ZurichEntitySwiss Federal CouncilEntityNeue Zürcher ZeitungEntityNational Council of SwitzerlandEntitybirth nameEntityGotthard railwayEntityEngeEntityLydia Welti-EscherEntitylist of presidents of the National Council of SwitzerlandEntityParisEntityNorth AmericaEntityinsectEntityliberalismEntitypolitical partyEntityInternational Standard Book NumberEntityasthmaEntitySociety of JesusEntityWayback MachineEntityknightEntityCategories1819 births1882 deaths19th-century Swiss businesspeopleBusinesspeople from ZurichCredit Suisse peopleLiberal Party of Switzerland politiciansMembers of the National Council (Switzerland) 1848–1851Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1851–1854Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1854–1857Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1857–1860Members of the National Council (Switzerland) 1860–1863