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Werner Kaegi (February 22, 1901 – June 15, 1979) was a Swiss historian. He is best known for a single work, a biography ofJacob Burkhardt. This appeared in seven volumes, from 1947 to 1982.
He was the recipient of theGottfried-Keller-Preis and theErasmus Prize.
His wife was the Catholic mystic andstigmatistAdrienne von Speyr (1902–1967). Her spiritual director and friend, the theologianHans 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 theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1948[1] and a member of theAmerican Philosophical Society in 1976.[2]
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