Vaucher, Alfred-Félix, 1887-1993
Person
Dates
- Existence: March 18, 1887 to May 22, 1993
Biographical
Alfred-Félix Vaucher was born in Luserna San Giovanni (Waldensian Valleys) on March 18, 1887. He was a grandson of Catherine Revel who is considered to be one of the first European Seventh-day Adventists. She was a believer for ten years before the arrival of John N. Andrews in 1874. It was from her and his mother that Vaucher learned the Adventist message. He was baptized at the age of thirteen. From 1904 to 1907 he served as Bible worker in Rome, Terni, Spoleto, and Pisa. The following three years he worked as an evangelist. Between 1914 and 1920 he was the editor of the Les Signes des temps. In the years 1918 to 1920 he also was the president of the French Conference. In 1920 Vaucher taught at Nîmes, and in the same year as well as in the following one he was the director of the Gland School. Beginning in 1921 he served as Bible teacher at Collonges Seminary for the next twenty years. During WWII he worked for four years (1941-1944) as chaplain of the Gland Sanitarium in neutral Switzerland. During the last two years (1944-1945) of the war he was the president of the Leman Conference (French Swiss). When the war was over, Vaucher returned to Collonges-sous-Salève, and became the president of the school, in which capacity he served for the next seven years (1945-1951). In 1951 he began to serve as secretary of the “Office of Defense Literature” for the Southern European Division, and in 1952 he was again a professor at Collonges Seminary. In 1963 he received a honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Andrews University. At the age of 87 he was still teaching in the Adventist seminary “Villa Aurora” in Florence, Italy. During his last years he lived in Geneva, Switzerland, and visited his daughter, Helene in Glendale, Calif., during the cold winter months. He died on May 22, 1993, in the age of 106 years.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Alfred-Félix Vaucher Papers
Collection
Identifier: Collection 91
Content Description
Besides over 1,100 articles, various books, and a number of essays, he also wrote a book on Manuel Diaz Lacunza. Vaucher translated Ellen G. White’s book, Desire of Ages, into the French language (condensed in 1937, complete in 1963). Vaucher spoke French, Italian, and English.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1987
Alfred-Félix Vaucher Papers
Accession
Identifier: Collection 91
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1904 - 1987