Werner Kaegi (1901–1979) was a Swiss historian. He is best known for a single work, a biography of Jacob Burkhardt. This appeared in seven volumes, from 1947 to 1982.
He was recipient of the Gottfried-Keller-Preis and the Erasmus Prize.
He had for wife the catholic mystic and stigmatist Adrienne von Speyr (1902-1967). Her spiritual director and friend, the theologian Hans Urs von Balthasar, kept a journal during many years about her life in which...
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Date of birth:
- Feb 22, 1901
Date of death:
- Jun 15, 1979 (age 78 years)
