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Theodor Meyer-Merian
1818–1867
A Swiss physician who also became a popular writer, he brought everyday life in Basel into his poems, stories, and historical sketches. His work blends a doctor's eye for people with a warm interest in local culture and memory.
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Sicherer Wegweiser zu einer guten und gesunden Wohnung Zwei Preisschriften
by Theodor Meyer-Merian, Johann Jakob Balmer
About the author
Born in Basel on January 14, 1818, he studied medicine in Basel, Freiburg, and Berlin, earned his doctorate in 1842, and worked as a physician and later at the Basel citizens' hospital. After his marriage in 1846, he adopted the name Meyer-Merian.
Alongside his medical career, he wrote as a poet and popular author. Reference works describe him as both a doctor and a writer, and his books are especially linked with Basel, including historical recollections and verse shaped by local life.
He died in Basel on December 5, 1867. Though not widely known today, he stands out as one of those 19th-century figures whose professional life and literary work grew side by side, giving his writing a grounded, human quality.