Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein
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Alfons Mumm von Schwarzenstein (19. March 1859 - 10. July 1924) was a diplomat of the German Empire. He succeeded the murdered Baron Clemens von Ketteler as ambassador in Beijing
in 1900.
Mumm studied law at Götttingen University and entered the diplomatic service afterwards. He served in London (1885), Washington D.C. (1888), Bucarest (1892-93), Rome (1893-94, Luxembourgh (1898) and again in Washington (1899). During his years in China he dealt with the Boxer Rebellion
and signed The Boxer Protocol
on September 7, 1901 on behalf of Germany, maintained an extraordinarily good relation with Empress Dowager Cixi
, but also he took many pictures of China in the 1900s as an amateur photographer. From 1909-11 he was ambassador of the German Reich in Japan. He retired in 1911 but was reactivated 1914 in Berlin. 1917/18 he represented the German Reich in Kiev.
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
in 1900.
Mumm studied law at Götttingen University and entered the diplomatic service afterwards. He served in London (1885), Washington D.C. (1888), Bucarest (1892-93), Rome (1893-94, Luxembourgh (1898) and again in Washington (1899). During his years in China he dealt with the Boxer Rebellion
Boxer Rebellion
The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...
and signed The Boxer Protocol
Boxer Protocol
The Boxer Protocol was signed on September 7, 1901 between the Qing Empire of China and the Eight-Nation Alliance that had provided military forces plus Belgium, Spain and the Netherlands after China's defeat in the intervention to put down the Boxer Rebellion at the hands of the...
on September 7, 1901 on behalf of Germany, maintained an extraordinarily good relation with Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi
Empress Dowager Cixi1 , of the Manchu Yehenara clan, was a powerful and charismatic figure who became the de facto ruler of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in China for 47 years from 1861 to her death in 1908....
, but also he took many pictures of China in the 1900s as an amateur photographer. From 1909-11 he was ambassador of the German Reich in Japan. He retired in 1911 but was reactivated 1914 in Berlin. 1917/18 he represented the German Reich in Kiev.
Works
- Ein Tagebuch in Bildern (1902), private print scanned by Tōyō BunkoToyo BunkoThe , or "Oriental Library", is Japan's largest Asian studies library and one of the world's five largest. It also functions as a research institute dedicated to the study of Asian history and culture. It has greatly contributed to the development of Asian Studies through the acquisition of books...
exlibris George Ernest MorrisonGeorge Ernest MorrisonGeorge Ernest Morrison , also known as Chinese Morrison, was an Australian adventurer and The Times Peking correspondent.-Early life:... - Kriegslyrik (1914-18) in several volumes printed privately
- Mein ligurisches Heim (in Portofino). Mit Freunden für Freunde zusammengestellt und nach eigenen Aufnahmen illustrirt. (private print). Berlin 1915.