Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt
Reinhold Philipp Johann Graf[a] von Anrep-Elmpt (30 January 1834 – 26 August 1888) was a Baltic German officer in Russian service, and an explorer.
Life and work
Reinhold von Anrep-Elmpt of the Anrep family was born in Kursk in the Russian Empire to Joseph Carl von Anrep and Cecilie Anrep, née von Elmpt. He grew up in Riga and Saint Petersburg. In 1854 he became a cornet in the Chevalier Guard Regiment. He served in the Crimean War. In 1858 he left the army with the rank of Rittmeister. The time between 1858 and 1870 he spent on his estate Kärstna Manor (German: Kerstenshof) in present-day Estonia. After this, he spent the rest of his life as an explorer, travelling to Australia, the East Indies, China, Japan, the Hawaiian Kingdom, California, Central America, South America, Cambodia and Thailand. He died in Thailand.[1]
Selected writings
- Von der Spitze des Großglockners auf die sieben Sandhügel am See Francisco (Riga 1882)
- Australien, Eine Reise durch den ganzen Welttheil (3 volumes, Leipzig 1886)
- Reise um die Welt, Beschreibung von Land und Meer, nebst Sitten und Kulturschilderungen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Tropennatur (Leipzig 1887)
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Graf was a title before 1919, but now is regarded as part of the surname. It is translated as Count. Before the August 1919 abolition of nobility as a legal class, titles preceded the full name when given (Graf Helmuth James von Moltke). Since 1919, these titles, along with any nobiliary prefix (von, zu, etc.), can be used, but are regarded as a dependent part of the surname, and thus come after any given names (Helmuth James Graf von Moltke). Titles and all dependent parts of surnames are ignored in alphabetical sorting. The feminine form is Gräfin.
References
- ^ "Anrep-Elmpt, Reinhold (Rénaud) Johann Philipp Gf. v." BBLD - Baltisches biografisches Lexikon digital (in German). Baltische Historische Kommission. Retrieved 4 June 2015.