Heinrich Eduard von Lade

Heinrich Eduard von Lade (24 February 1817 – 7 August 1904) was a German banker and amateur astronomer.

He was born in Geisenheim, located along the banks of the Rhine River, and was the son of a wealthy wine merchant. He worked as a banker and exporter in Hamburg and Paris, and by the age of 44, he had earned enough to retire.

In 1861, he built a private estate, Villa Monrepos, in Geisenheim. There, he dedicated himself to cultivating fruit and wine and established the Royal Prussian Teaching Institute for Fruit and Viticulture in 1872.

Publications

Illustrated Handbook of Pomology

Memoirs of My Life (1888)