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The Encyclopedia Americana ()/Meyer, Conrad Ferdinand
MEYER, Conrad Ferdinand, Swiss novelist and poet: b. Zürich, 11 Oct.
; d. Kilchberg, near Zürich, He devoted himself in his earlier years chiefly to studies in history and art.
Conrad ferdinand meyer biography of christopher
The two historians who influenced Meyer particularly were Vulliemin at Lausanne and Jacob Burckhardt at Bâle whose book on the &#;Culture of the Renaissance&#; stimulated his imagination and interest. From his travels in France and Italy () Meyer derived likewise much inspiration for the settings and characters of his historical novels.
His mind matured slowly and it was not until the Franco-Prussian War in that he found himself and his genius. In Meyer's novels a great crisis will often release latent energies and precipitate a catastrophe. In the same manner his own life which so far had been one of dreaming and experimenting, was stirred to the very depths by the events of Meyer identified himself with the German cause and as a manifesto of his sym