Fintan Kindler

Born in 1863 and later known as P. Fintan Kindler, O.S.B., he was a monk of Einsiedeln Abbey in Switzerland. Available publisher and bookseller notes describe him as coming from Ippingen in Baden and record key milestones in his monastic life: profession in 1888 and ordination as a priest in 1893.

At Einsiedeln, he also worked as a teacher. Sources credit him with teaching mathematics and chemistry in the 1890s, later chemistry for many years, and physics from 1896 onward. In 1927 he became the abbey librarian, a role that fits well with his lifelong interest in explaining technical and scientific subjects.

Kindler published on topics including time measurement, weather, and chemistry. He is especially associated with Die Uhren, a concise history of timekeeping that helped bring the subject to a wider audience. He died in 1942.