Emil Molt [SEP] place of death
Emil Molt
Emil Molt (born 14 April 1876 in Schwäbisch Gmünd, Kingdom of Württemberg, died 16 June 1936 in Stuttgart) was a German businessman, social reformer and anthroposophist. He was the director of the Waldorf-Astoria-Zigarettenfabrik, and with Rudolf Steiner co-founded the first Waldorf school. Hence, Waldorf education was named after the company.
External links.
- Bio at Rudolf Steiner Web
is now trademarked in some countries when used in connection with the overall method that grew out of this original "Waldorf" school. Molt's proposed school would educate the children of employees of the factory. 
Molt was a follower of Anthroposophy, the esoteric spiritual movement based on the notion that an objectively comprehensible spiritual realm exists and can be observed by humans. Emil Molt was also a close confidant of Rudolf Steiner, Anthroposophy's founder and spiritual leader. Many of Steiner's ideas influenced the pedagogy of the original Waldorf school