# Eduard Hermann Schwitters

> 1857-1931, owner of a ladies' clothing shop in Hanover, inventor and father of the Merz artist Kurt Schwitters

**Wikidata**: [Q94861647](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q94861647)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/eduard-hermann-schwitters


## References

1. [Source](https://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/opus4/frontdoor/deliver/index/docId/46732/file/Bertram_Ritter_Dissertation.pdf)
2. Integrated Authority File
3. Catalog of the German National Library
4. [Patentblatt (Österreich)](https://www.google.de/books/edition/Patentblatt/WdM1AQAAMAAJ?hl=de&gbpv=1&dq=%22Laufapparat+f%C3%BCr+Kinder%22+schwitters&pg=PA670)
5. [Source](https://www.delcampe.net/de/sammlerobjekte/historische-dokumente/original-patent-dittmer-schwitters-in-hannover-1894-laufapparat-fur-kinder-laufgitter-kind-mobel-372842896.html)
6. Deutsche Biographie