Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek

Dutch jurist and diplomat

Date of Birth: 28-Aug-1833

Place of Birth: Amsterdam, North Holland, Netherlands

Date of Death: 27-Jun-1916

Profession: jurist, diplomat

Nationality: Kingdom of the Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Dirk de Graeff van Polsbroek (Amsterdam, August 28, 1833 – 27 June 1916, The Hague) was a successful Dutch diplomat in Japan.
From July 1863, he held the post of Consul General and Political Agent in Japan.
De Graeff became a Diplomat, Generalconsul and Dutch minister in Japan.
He was the most important representative of the Dutch government and played a major part in the many negotiations between Japan and various Western countries.
De Graeff van Polsbroek was advisor to Emperor Meiji and laid the foundation stone for a modern western (European) diplomacy in Japan.He played also a major part in the many negotiations between various Western countries and Japan.
He represented Denmark, Sweden and Norway in Japan and temporally Prussia and Switzerland.



Alternative names	Felix Beato
Description	Italian photographer, journalist, war photographer, photojournalist and architectural photographer
Date of birth/death	1832 (or perhaps as late as 1834)	29 January 1909 (or perhaps as early as 1907)
Location of birth/death	Venice, Austria-Hungary	Florence, Italy
Work period	19th century
Authority control	: Q318352 VIAF: 95698883 ISNI: 0000 0001 1798 1448 ULAN: 500002985 LCCN: n85044155 Oxford Dict.: 41130 WorldCat