# Messerli

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**Messerli** is a surname. It means 'Little Knife' from the German 'messer' (knife) joined to 'li' (denoting little). It is a very common name in Switzerland, and also has many derivatives outside of Switzerland such as Messer and Messershmidt. Notable people with the surname include:

- [Bruno Messerli](/source/Bruno_Messerli) (born 1931), Swiss professor of geography and author of *The Himalayan Dilemma*
- [Douglas Messerli](/source/Douglas_Messerli) (born 1947), American poet, writer and publisher
- [Peter Messerli](/source/Peter_Messerli), Swiss Vice-President of the European Patent Office until 2011
- Peter Messerli, Swiss professor of sustainable development, co-chair of UN Global Sustainable Development report, and Director of the Centre for Development and Environment[1][2]

## References

1. ["Peter Messerli named co-chair of UN Global Sustainable Development Report"](http://www.unibe.ch/news/media_news/media_relations_e/media_releases/2017_e/media_releases_2017/peter_messerli_named_co_chair_of_un_global_sustainable_development_report/index_eng.html). *Portal*. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2018-03-01.

1. Steiner, Jürg (2017-07-03). ["Peter Messerli: Der Ungemütliche"](http://www.zeit.de/2017/27/peter-messerli-un-nachhaltigkeitsbericht-bern) (in de-DE). *Die Zeit*. [ISSN 0044-2070](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0044-2070). Retrieved 2018-03-01.

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