كونراد فردناد ماير
يتمه: مات ابوه وهو صغير واصيب بمرض علقي وكذلك اصيبت والدته والتي انتحرت.
مجال: شاعر وروائي.

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (October 11, 1825 – November 28, 1898) was a Swiss poet and historical novelist, a master of realism chiefly remembered for stirring narrative ballads like "Die Füße im Feuer" (The Feet in the Fire).
[Meyer was born in Zürich. He was of patrician descent. His father, who died early, was a statesman and historian, while his mother was a highly cultured woman. Throughout his childhood two traits were observed that later characterized the man and the poet: he had a most scrupulous regard for neatness and cleanliness, and he lived and experienced more deeply in memory than in the immediate present. He suffered from bouts of mental illness, sometimes requiring hospitalization; his mother, similarly but more severely afflicted, killed herself