
Rudolf Lindau (10 October 1829 in
Gardelegen
Gardelegen (; nds, Garlä) is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the right bank of the Milde, 20 m. W. from Stendal, on the main line of railway Berlin-Hanover.
History
Gardelegen has a Roman Catholic and three Evangelical chur ...
, Saxony – 14 October 1910) was a German
diplomat
A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...
and author.
Milestones
Rudolf Lindau was responsible for commanding the first Swiss delegation to Japan on 28 April 1859, along with Swiss
Aimé Humbert-Droz
Aimé Humbert-Droz (29 June 1819, in La Chaux-de-Fonds – 19 September 1900, in Neuchâtel) was a Swiss politician, traveler and educator.
He was elected President of the Swiss Council of States in 1856 and President of the Union Horlogère Su ...
(who was appointed the envoy plenipotentiary for the Swiss federal government).
Works
His novels and tales were collected during 1893 (Berlin, 6 vols.). His works ''Reisegefährten'' and ''Der lange Holländer'' involve the lives of European residents in the
Far East
The ''Far East'' was a European term to refer to the geographical regions that includes East and Southeast Asia as well as the Russian Far East to a lesser extent. South Asia is sometimes also included for economic and cultural reasons.
The ter ...
.
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1829 births
1910 deaths
People from Gardelegen
People from the Province of Saxony
German diplomats
German male writers
Writers from Saxony-Anhalt
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