Hugo Benedict Schwyzer was born on May 22,1967 and is an American author, speaker and former instructor of history and gender studies.
17 Facts About Hugo Schwyzer
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Hugo Schwyzer was born in Santa Barbara, California, to Hubert and Alison Schwyzer, both of whom were professors of philosophy: Hubert taught at the University of California, Santa Barbara; Alison at Monterey Peninsula College.
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Hugo Schwyzer's paternal grandfather, Georg, was a Vienna-based Jewish physician while his paternal grandmother, Elsa, was half-Jewish.
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Hugo Schwyzer studied history at University of California, Berkeley, specializing in medieval history.
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Hugo Schwyzer developed a passion for this subject after seeing Derek Jacobi perform Shakespeare's Richard II.
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Hugo Schwyzer attended graduate school at UCLA and was awarded his PhD in 1999.
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Hugo Schwyzer published a related book chapter, "Northern bishops and the Anglo-Scottish War in the reign of Edward II", in Thirteenth Century England 7.
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Hugo Schwyzer joined the Pasadena City College faculty first as an adjunct instructor in 1993 then in a tenure-track position in 1994.
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Hugo Schwyzer was forced to resign in October 2013 due to personal issues and public controversies.
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In February 2013, Hugo Schwyzer invited adult film actor James Deen to return to Deen's alma mater, Pasadena City College, to speak to students about his career.
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Hugo Schwyzer wrote on public and personal topics for publications including Jezebel and The Atlantic, was a contributor to The Good Men Project, and co-authored supermodel Carre Otis autobiography Beauty, Disrupted: A Memoir, published in 2011 by HarperCollins.
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Hugo Schwyzer became the subject of controversy when he disclosed to school administration and the general public his many affairs with his young female college students.
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On October 8,2013, Hugo Schwyzer resigned and the college investigation closed.
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In January 2014, Hugo Schwyzer began working as a tax accounting assistant in Los Angeles.
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In March 2015, in the final entry on his blog, Hugo Schwyzer noted that he was not "coming back" nor planning any "grand return" to public life.
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However, in October 2020, Hugo Schwyzer returned to writing with a subscription-based Substack newsletter.
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Hugo Schwyzer has been divorced four times and is currently separated from his fifth wife.