Emil Rade (1832–1931)

German civil servant. Enlisted for a year of military service then studied military management for two years; graduated as a commissariat-assistant in 1855. Served in Dusseldorf, Koblenz, and Münster; was decorated for his service in the Franco-Prussian War. Auditor from 1874; lived in Münster, 1873–91. Member of the zoological section of the Westphalian Provincial Society for Science and Art, 1874; of the botanical section, 1877. Organised the production of a dedicatory album of German and Austrian scientists in honour of CD, presented in 1877.