Hans Joseph Meyer
Hans Meyer (1913–2009) was a German-born teacher at
Biographical details
Meyer was born in
After attending
Bunce Court's enrollment was primarily made up of refugees from
Meyer met and married another teacher at the school, Hannah Goldschmidt[7] and had two sons, Joseph[2] and Tyll, who died in an accident at age 21.[1] His wife's nickname at the school was "Hago",[7] for the first two letters of her first and maiden names.
After the British government issued
In 1948, Essinger closed Bunce Court and Meyer went into business with a former student, Peter Ryan. In 1956, the partnership was dissolved and Meyer enrolled at Culham College in
Meyer's first wife died in 1977. He and his second wife, Susanne Hein, from Hamburg, were married in 2001.[2]
After a Bunce Court reunion in 2003, Meyer contacted as many former pupils as he could find[8] and invited them to contribute reminiscences of the school, publishing them privately as a book called Reflections: Bunce Court.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d Leslie Baruch Brent and Eric Bourne,Hans Joseph Meyer Archived 2012-04-25 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) AJR Journal (August 2009), p. 15. Retrieved October 4, 2011
- ^ a b c d e f Eric Bourne and Leslie Baruch Brent, "Hans Meyer" The Guardian (July 8, 2009). Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ Michael Luick-Thram, "Anna Essinger and the New Herrlingen School" Parish of Otterden website. Dissertation excerpt, Creating 'New Americans': WWII-era European Refugees': Formation of American Identities. Retrieved September 28, 2011
- ^ Harold Jackson, "Anna's children" The Guardian (July 18, 2003). Retrieved September 29, 2011
- ^ Anna Essinger biography Anna Essinger Gymnasium. Retrieved September 28, 2011 (in German)
- ^ Peter Morley, "Peter Morley - A Life Rewound" Part 1 Archived 2013-07-18 at the Wayback Machine (PDF) British Academy of Film and Television Arts (2006), p. 6. Retrieved October 4, 2011
- ^ ISBN 978-965-229-522-4Retrieved October 4, 2011
- ^ Leslie Baruch Brent, "Labour of love" (book review) AJR Journal (February 2005), p. 9. October 12, 2011
External links
- Photo of Hans Meyer Otterden Online. Retrieved October 4, 2011