Richard Krauel


Friedrich Richard Krauel was a German diplomat and historian.

Life

Krauel was born the son of a judge on 12 January 1848 in Lübeck. He attended the Katharineum until his graduation in the spring of 1867 and then studied law. During his studies, he became a member of the Alemannia Bonn student fraternity in 1868. He earned a doctorate in law and settled in Lübeck as a lawyer in 1871. In 1873, he joined the foreign service and initially worked in the consular service in Amoy, China. In 1879, he became Consul General in Sydney.
In 1884, he transferred to the Foreign Office in Berlin with the rank of senior advisor. Together with Paul Kayser, Krauel played a significant role in the early colonial legislation of the German Empire. In 1885, he strongly advocated for the acquisition of the Caroline Islands in the West Pacific, which raised the so-called Carolines Question. From April 1, 1890, to June 30, 1890, Krauel, with the rank of privy legation counselor, headed the colonial policy department of the Foreign Office, which later became the Imperial Colonial Office.
In 1890, he was appointed envoy to Buenos Aires. From 1894 to 1898, he served as envoy in Rio de Janeiro, where he also assisted German emigrants settling in southern Brazil. In 1901, he was appointed Imperial Privy Councillor.
From 1904 onwards, he was an honorary professor at the University of Berlin. He also worked as a publicist.
He died on 2 December 1918 in Freiburg im Breisgau.

Publications

Graf Hertzberg als Minister Friedrich Wilhelms II. Ernst Siegfried Mittler und Sohn, Berlin 1899.Die Bekenntnisse des jungen Bismarck. Mohr, Tübingen und Leipzig 1901.Prince Henry of Prussia and the Regency of the United States, 1786. In: The American Historical Review. Band 17, Nr. 1, Oktober 1911, S. 44–51

Literature

  • Hartwin Spenkuch : Die Protokolle des Preußischen Staatsministeriums 1817–1934/38. Band 8/II. Olms-Weidmann, Hildesheim 2003, ISBN 3-487-11827-0, S. 572
  • Helge Dvorak: Biographisches Lexikon der Deutschen Burschenschaft. Band I: Politiker. Teilband 3: I–L. Winter, Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-8253-0865-0, S. 161–162.