Werner Kaegi (1901–1979) was a Swiss historian. He is best known for a single work, a biography of
Jacob Burkhardt
Carl Jacob Christoph Burckhardt (25 May 1818 – 8 August 1897) was a Swiss historian of art and culture and an influential figure in the historiography of both fields. He is known as one of the major progenitors of cultural history. Sigfri ...
. This appeared in seven volumes, from 1947 to 1982.
He was the recipient of the
Gottfried-Keller-Preis
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and the
Erasmus Prize
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.
His wife was the Catholic mystic and
stigmatist
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Stigma ...
Adrienne von Speyr
Adrienne von Speyr (20 September 1902 – 17 September 1967) was a Swiss Catholic convert, physician, mystic, and author of some sixty books of spirituality and theology.
Biography Early life
Adrienne von Speyr was born in La Chaux-de-Fonds, ...
(1902–1967). Her spiritual director and friend, the theologian
Hans Urs von Balthasar
Hans Urs von Balthasar (12 August 1905 – 26 June 1988) was a Swiss theologian and Catholic priest who is considered an important Catholic theologian of the 20th century. He was announced as his choice to become a cardinal by Pope John Paul II, ...
, kept a journal during many years about her life in which details regarding her relationship with Werner Kaegi can be found. This journal was later edited in 3 volumes under the name "''Erde und himmel''" ("Earth and heaven").
Kaegi became a foreign member of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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in 1948 and a member of the
American Philosophical Society
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in 1976.
References
1901 births
1979 deaths
20th-century Swiss historians
Swiss male writers
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
20th-century male writers
Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy
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Members of the American Philosophical Society