Frederick Meyer

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Frederick Meyer
1st President of School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts
In office
1907–1944
Succeeded bySpencer Macky
Personal details
BornFrederick Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer
(1872-11-06)November 6, 1872
near Hamelin, German Empire (now Lower Saxony, Germany)
DiedJanuary 6, 1961(1961-01-06) (aged 88)
Oakland, California, United States
SpouseLaetitia Summerville (m. 1902–?)
Alma materPrussian Academy of Arts
Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art
OccupationFounder of California College of the Arts, academic administrator, educator, furniture craftsmen

Frederick Heinrich Wilhelm Meyer (November 6, 1872 – January 6, 1961) was a German-born American designer, academic administrator, and art educator, who was prominent in the Arts and Crafts Movement. He was a long-time resident of the San Francisco Bay Area; and the founding president of the School of the California Guild of Arts and Crafts (now California College of the Arts).

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