biography
| name: |
Falck, Anton Reinhard
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pronunciation:
[fahlk]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1777–1843)
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| biography:
| Dutch politician and lawyer, born in Utrecht, W Netherlands, a follower of Kant. He was secretary at the embassy in Madrid (1802–6), and under King Louis Napoleon (1806–10) head of the department of foreign affairs and secretary-general of colonies, resigning in 1810 when The Netherlands were incorporated into France. As captain of the national guard in Amsterdam (1813) he kept order after the French left. In 1818 he was appointed minister of education, industry, and colonies, and took part in the 1823 London negotiations, which resulted in the recovery of the Netherlands East Indies. He supported the union with and industrialization of Belgium, until differences with van Maanen over policy forced him to resign (1823), after which he became ambassador in London. He left that post in 1832 and was later made ambassador in Brussels (1839–43). |
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