Alfred von Reumont [SEP] date of death
Alfred von Reumont
Alfred von Reumont (15 August 1808 – 27 April 1887) was a German scholar and diplomatist.
Biography.
He was the son of Gerhard Reumont (1765-1829), and named Alfred after the English king Alfred the Great. Educated at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, he obtained a position in Florence through the influence of an Englishman, William Craufurd, but soon he entered the Prussian diplomatic service and was employed in Florence, in Constantinople and in Rome. He also spent some
Aldo Palazzeschi, Gaston Palewski, Giovanni Pascoli, Ezra Pound, Leopold von Ranke, Alfred von Reumont, Ettore Romagnoli, Antonio Rosmini, Luigi Settembrini, Nicolò Tommaseo, Diego Valeri, Manara Valgimigli, Pasquale Villari, Giacomo Zanella.
References.
- M. Marangoni, "Commemorazioni dei soci effettivi 1843-2010", Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, Venezia (2011),
- G. Gullino "L'Istituto Veneto di Scienze Lettere ed Arti, dalla rifondazione alla Seconda Guerra Mondiale (1838-1946)