Family tree of Maximilien STRAUCH
French Colonial Wars
Born Maximilien Charles Ferdinand STRAUCH
Belgian officer
Born on October 4, 1829 in Lomprez, Luxembourg, Wallonie , Belgium
Died on June 7, 1911 in Beez, Namur, Wallonie , Belgium
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... Colonel Maximilien Charles Ferdinand Strauch (Lomprez, 4 October 1829 – Beez, 7 June 1911) was a Belgian officer who played a role in the colonization of the Congo. He was a trusted advisor of King Leopold II of Belgium, who entrusted him with the functions of secretary-general of the Association internationale africaine (1878), secretary of the Comité d'études du Haut-Congo (1878) and chairman of the Association internationale du Congo (23 February 1885 – 1 July 1885).
Publications
"Au sujet du voyage des éléphants", in: Bulletin de la Société Royale de Géographie, 1879–1880, p. 216
"Au sujet du choix de Karéma", in: Bulletin de la Société Royale de Géographie, 1879–1880, p. 39
Literature
René Cambier, STRAUCH (Maximilien-Charles-Ferdinand), in: Biographie Coloniale Belge, deel III, 1952, kol. 831–833
A. J. Wauters, Le colonel Strauch, président de l'Association internationale du Congo, M. Weissenbruch, 1911
Biography from Wikipedia (see original) under licence CC BY-SA 3.0
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