Background
Meyer, Frederick Henry was born on November 6, 1872 in Hamelin, Germany. Son of Mortiz and Amanda (Loges) Meyer.
Meyer, Frederick Henry was born on November 6, 1872 in Hamelin, Germany. Son of Mortiz and Amanda (Loges) Meyer.
Graduate Royal Art School, Berlin, 1896. Graduate Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art, Philadelphia, 1897.
Came to the United States, 1888. Supervisor drawing, Stockton (California) public schools, 1898-1902. Instructor drawing, University of California.
Professor applied art, Mark Hopkins Institute of Art, San Francisco, 1902-1906. Founder, president and trustee California College of Arts and Crafts since 1907. Director of art Oakland public schools, 1913-1919.
Medal of Honor, San Francisco Exposition, 1915.
Clubs: Faculty, Rotary, Business Men’s Garden. Specialized in architectural designing, interior decorating, landscape gardening.
Married Laetitia Summerville, of Boston, Massachusetts, June 1902.