Adolph Friedrich Johann Riedel (1809 Biendorf – 1872,

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) was a

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n) antiquarian, industrialist and politician, author of ''Codex diplomaticus Brandenburgensis'', a collection of primary documents on the history of the

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, in 36 volumes. Riedel studied theology and philology at the

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, where he served as assistant professor from 1832. He was naturalized as a Prussian citizen in 1833 and was employed in the state archive. He was promoted to ''

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'' in 1836 and to '' Geheimer Archivrat'' in 1842, from which time he was also professor for political science at Berlin University. In 1837, he co-founded the Historical Society of Brandenburg (''Vereins für Geschichte der Mark Brandenburg''). In 1851 he was admitted as a member of the

Prussian Academy of Sciences The Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences (german: Königlich-Preußische Akademie der Wissenschaften) was an academy established in Berlin, Germany on 11 July 1700, four years after the Prussian Academy of Arts, or "Arts Academy," to which "Berlin ...

, and from 1868 he was official historiographer for Brandenburg. He was also member of the directorate of the Berlin–Wrocław and Berlin-Anhalt railway companies, and member of the directorate of the

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industry. In 1848, he was a member of the

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for

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, and in 1850 member of the

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parliament, and between 1849 and 1855 and again between 1859 and 1861 member of the

Prussian House of Representatives The Prussian House of Representatives (german: Preußisches Abgeordnetenhaus) was the lower chamber of the Landtag of Prussia (german: Preußischer Landtag), the parliament of Prussia from 1850 to 1918. Together with the upper house, the House of ...

, first for the right-wing faction of Graf von Arnim-Boitzenburg, later for the left-wing faction of Karl Freiherr von Vincke.

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* German antiquarians Prussian politicians Members of the Prussian House of Representatives 1809 births 1872 deaths Members of the Prussian National Assembly {{Germany-politician-stub