Paul Ritter (November 17, 1865 - May 31, 1921) was Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States from 1909 to 1917. [1]
Paul Ritter (November 17, 1865 - May 31, 1921) was Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States from 1909 to 1917. [1]
He was born in 1865 in Basel, Switzerland. [1]
He was consul general at Yokohama from 1892 to 1906. He then was the Ambassador of Switzerland to Japan. [1]
He was the Ambassador of Switzerland to the United States from 1909 to 1917. He represented the German Empire in the United States when diplomatic relations were severed during World War I on February 3, 1917. [2] [1]
In 1917 he was replaced as ambassador by Hans Sulzer. [3]
He was reassigned to The Hague until he retired in 1920. [4] [1]
He died of apoplexy in Zurich, Switzerland on May 31, 1921. [1]
Documents from and on Ritter, Paul in the Dodis database of the Diplomatic Documents of Switzerland
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