Werner Kaegi, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Swiss historian (1901-1979)
Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1901
Place of Birth: Oetwil am See, canton of Zürich, Switzerland
Date of Death: 15-Jun-1979
Profession: writer, historian, translator, university teacher, non-fiction writer
Nationality: Switzerland
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
About Werner Kaegi
- 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 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 in 1948.
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