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FALCK, ANTON REINHARD (1777–1843)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 138 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FALCK, ANTON REINHARD (1777–1843) , Dutch statesman, was See also:born at See also:Utrecht on the 19th of See also:March 1777. He studied at the university of See also:Leiden, and entered the Dutch See also:diplomatic service, being appointed to the See also:legation at See also:Madrid. Under See also:King See also:Louis See also:Napoleon he was secretary-See also:general for See also:foreign affairs, but resigned See also:office on the See also:annexation of the Batavian See also:republic to See also:France. He took a leading See also:part in the revolt of 1813 against See also:French domination, and had a considerable See also:share in the organization of the new See also:kingdom of the See also:Netherlands. As See also:minister of See also:education under See also:William I. he reorganized the See also:universities of See also:Ghent, See also:Louvain and See also:Liege and the Royal See also:Academy of See also:Brussels. See also:Side by side with his activities in education he directed the departments of See also:trade and the colonies. Falck was called in See also:Holland the king's See also:good See also:genius, but William I. presently tired of his counsels and he was superseded by See also:Van Maanen. He was See also:ambassador in See also:London when the disturbances of 183o convinced him of the See also:necessity of the separation of See also:Belgium from Holland. He consequently resigned his See also:post and lived in See also:close retirement until 1839, when he became the first Dutch minister at the Belgian See also:court. He died at Brussels on the 16th of March 1843. Besides some See also:historical See also:works he See also:left a See also:correspondence of considerable See also:political See also:interest, printed in Brieven van A. R.

Falck, 1795–i843 (2nd ed. The See also:

Hague, 1861), and Ambtsbrieven van A. R. Falck (ibid. 188).

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