About Johann Georg Rist
Lived 1775 – 1847 (aged 71). Johann Georg Rist was a German and Danish diplomat, politician and writer.
Johann Georg Rist (23 November 1775 – 5 February 1847) was a Danish author, diplomat and statesman, originally from Holstein.
Life Johann Georg Rist was born in Niendorf, at that time a prosperous village on the edge of Altona in the Duchy of Holstein, and today a quarter in Hamburg. His father was the minister-preacher at the Lutheran Niendorf Market Church, Johann Christoph Friedrich Rist (1735–1807). Rist became First Councillor, a position he would retain till 7 September 1846. The marriage produced three recorded sons and three recorded daughters. Five of the six grew to adulthood.
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German diplomat and politician (1775-1847)
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Johann Georg Rist was born on 23 November 1775 in Niendorf.
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Johann Georg Rist died on 5 February 1847 in Schleswig.
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Johann Georg Rist was a diplomat, politician and writer.
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Johann Georg Rist was German and Danish.
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