Background
Anneliese Maier was the daughter of the philosopher Heinrich Maier (1876–1933).
Anneliese Maier was the daughter of the philosopher Heinrich Maier (1876–1933).
She studied natural sciences and philosophy from 1923 to 1926 at the universities in Berlin and Zurich. In 1930 she finished her dissertation on Immanuel Kant (Kants Qualitätskategorien).
She then worked for the Prussian Academy of Sciences. In 1936 she moved to Rome. There she worked until 1945 at the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana on the philosophy of nature.
In 1951 Maier became an honorary professor
The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation has named a research grant after her, the Anneliese Maier Research Award, which is a "collaboration award to promote the internationalisation of the humanities and social sciences in y." Annette Vogt, "Von Berlin nach Rom - Anneliese Maier (1905-1971)", in Max Planck Institute für Wissenschaftsgeschichte (ed), Steiner Vlg., Stuttgart 2004, pp.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities. Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. Göttingen Academy of Sciences]
She became a member of the Academies of Sciences in (1949), Göttingen (1962) and Munich (1966).