Robert von Scheller-Steinwartz
Robert Scheller , from 1912 by Scheller-Steinwartz (born July 17, 1865 in Dresden , † April 23, 1921 in Munich ) was a German diplomat, politician and university professor.
Life
Scheller-Steinwartz was the son of the Commerce Council and Consul General of Portugal Richard Scheller and his wife Elise geb. Steinwartz. He studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg and the Georg-August-Universität Göttingen . He became a member of the Corps Saxo-Borussia Heidelberg (1884) and the Corps Saxonia Göttingen (1885).
To the Dr. iur. after receiving his doctorate, he worked in the Reich Office of the Interior from 1893 . In 1900 he was accepted into the Foreign Office . He was attache in London , charge d'affaires in Bucharest , Counselor at the German Embassy in Washington, DC and in Oslo . Most recently he was envoy in Addis Ababa , Abyssinia . From 1912 to 1915 he was Minister of State in the Duchy of Saxony-Altenburg . In 1919 he took over a chair for politics at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main .
He owned an estate in Mittelstetten (Upper Bavaria) .
Honors
- Royal Crown Order (Prussia) 3rd Class (December 20, 1909)
- Duke of Saxony-Ernestine House Order , Grand Cross (October 1, 1912)
- On October 3, 1912, with the extension of his name to include his mother's maiden name, he was raised to the nobility of Saxony-Altenburg .
literature
- Wolfgang von der Groeben : Directory of the members of the Corps Saxonia zu Göttingen 1844 to 2006 , Düsseldorf 2006, p. 55.
- Maria Keipert u. a. (Ed.): Biographical Handbook of the German Foreign Service 1871-1945. Schönigh, Paderborn 2000, pp. 56-58.
Web links
- Literature by and about Robert von Scheller-Steinwartz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kösener Corpslisten 1960, 66 , 905; 45 , 358.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scheller-Steinwartz, Robert von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Scheller-Steinwartz, Robert Richard von (full name); Scheller, Robert Richard (name until 1912) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German diplomat, politician and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1865 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 23, 1921 |
| Place of death | Munich |