In 1880 he obtained his habilitation at the University of Zürich, where in 1888 he was named a full professor of German literature. In Zürich, he also gave lectures at the Polytechnic School (from 1896).[2]
Selected works
Lexicalisch-etymologische und grammatische Versuche älterer Zeit, 1876 – Lexicologic-etymological and grammatical essays from an earlier era.
Bibliothek älterer Schriftwerke der deutschen Schweiz und ihres Grenzgebietes (edited with Ferdinand Vetter; 1877–92) – Library of older literary works of German-speaking Switzerland and its border areas.
Gedichte (by Heinrich Leuthold; edited by Baechtold, 2nd edition 1880).
Deutsches lesebuch für höhere Lehranstalten der Schweiz, 1880 – German reader for higher educational institutions in Switzerland.
Geschichte der Deutschen Literatur in der Schweiz, 1892 – History of German literature in Switzerland.
Gottfried Kellers Leben (3 volumes, 1894–97) – Biography of Gottfried Keller.[3][4]
^Baechtold, Jakob in: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie, herausgegeben von der Historischen Kommission bei der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Band 47 (1903), S. 745–747.
^ a bBächtold / Baechtold, Jakob Historischen Lexikon der Schweiz