Fritz Rose (Colonial Officer)
Fritz Rose (born February 2, 1855 in Höxter ; † 1922 ) was a German colonial official and Imperial Commissioner in German New Guinea .
Life
Born in Höxter as the son of a judge, he became a court assessor in 1881 . During his studies in 1873 he became a member of the Arminia Marburg fraternity . After various positions in the administration he was from November 1, 1889 to August 31, 1892 Imperial Commissioner of German New Guinea. Because of a cholera illness he returned to Germany and worked in the colonial department of the Foreign Office until 1896 . From 1896 to 1899 he worked again in the South Seas, as consul general in Apia . Then back at the Foreign Office in Berlin, he took temporary retirement in 1907. In 1909 he was appointed President of the Sea Fisheries Association.
Honors
- Secret Legation Council (1903)
Fonts
- Inana Yoga Vivekānanda <Svāmī> . W. Seifert, Heilbronn 1923.
- How I succeeded , 2nd edition. Dresden Minden 1920.
Individual evidence
- ^ German New Guinea
- ^ Helge Dvorak: Biographical Lexicon of the German Burschenschaft. Volume I: Politicians. Sub-Volume 5: R – S. Winter, Heidelberg 2002, ISBN 3-8253-1256-9 , p. 113.
- ^ Deutsches Kolonial-Lexikon (1920), Volume III, p. 182
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SURNAME | Rose, Fritz |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German colonial official |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1855 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Höxter |
DATE OF DEATH | 1922 |