!!!Steiner, Rudolf

Steiner, Rudolf, b. Kraljevica (Croatia), Feb. 27, 1861, 
d. Dornach (Switzerland), March 30, 1925, religious philosopher, 
writer. Studied in Vienna; 1889-1896 at the Weimar "Goethe-Archiv", 
subsequently worked as journalist in Berlin. 1913 founded the 
Anthroposophical Society ("Allgemeine Anthroposophische 
Gesellschaft")with its cultural and teaching centre "Goetheanum" in 
Switzerland. S. was the first headmaster of the Waldorf School in 
Stuttgart, established for the children of the workers and employees 
of the Waldorf-Astoria cigarette factory by its general manager E. 
Molt in 1919.

!Works
mystery plays, publications on theolog., sociolog., philosoph., 
and econom. issues as well as in the field of medical hygiene. - 
Edition: Gesamtausgabe, ed. by the R.-S.-Nachlassverwaltung, 1961ff.

!Literature
G. Wachsmuth, R. S. - Das literar. und kuenstlerische 
Werk, 1961; W. Kugler, R. S. und die Anthroposophie, 1978; 
W. Beck, R. S. Sein Leben und Werk, 1997; 
C. Lindenberg, R. S. Eine Biographie, 2 vols., 1997; 
E. Moetteli, Register zur R.-S.-Gesamtausgabe, %%sup 2/%1998.


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