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A German statesman; born at Schonhausen, April 1, 1815. He was a member of the United Diet, 1847; ambassador at St. Petersburg, 1859; ambassador at Paris, 1862; premier of Prussia, 1862 to 1866; and chancellor of the Germam Empire from its inception in 1870 to 1890. He holds a place in literature through the volume of "Bismarck's Letters", and through his State papers, a series of which appears in Hahn's "Fiirst Bismarck"; while as a thinker and economist he is seen to advantage in "Bismarck als Volkswirth", by Poschinger, containing many of the Prince's papers on sociological and fiscal subjects. Died July 30, 1898.