Alfrēds Andersons

Alfrēds Andersons (pen name Andrass; 7 April 1879, in Dunte Manor, Kreis Wolmar – 1 February 1937, in Riga, Latvia)[1] was a Latvian civil engineer, litterateur, pedagogue, educational worker and the Mayor of Riga from 1921 to 1928.

From 1907 he taught in mathematics and physics at the schools of Vilis Olavs and Atis Ķēniņs.

Andersons was elected Mayor of Riga from 1921 to 1928 as a member of the Democrats Union, and after that he worked as a school director.

In 1916 Andersons wrote the play Ķēniņš Dāvids (King David), which premiered 28 February 1923 at the Latvian National Theatre.

[2] Another of his plays, Baltezeru dzimtas asinis (Baltezers' Family Blood), premiered 29 November 1933, also at the national theatre.