About Eduard von Mayer
Lived 1873 – 1960 (aged 87). Eduard von Mayer was a writer, critic, historian, philosopher and art historian.
Eduard von Mayer (1873–1960) was a German novelist and philosopher who, with Elisar von Kupffer, founded The Elisarion Community, a religious community, at Minusio, Switzerland, in 1926.
Early life Eduard von Mayer was born in 1873 in Analowo, near Saint Petersburg, the son of Charlotte von Mayer and Dr. Karl von Mayer, a physician and founder of the protestant hospital of Saint Petersburg. One of his older sisters was the author Sonia E. Howe.
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Who was Eduard von Mayer?
(1873-1960)
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Eduard von Mayer was born on 5 June 1873 in Russia.
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Eduard von Mayer died on 26 December 1960 in Minusio.
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Eduard von Mayer was a writer, critic, historian, philosopher and art historian.
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