Background
Language, Karl was born on July 27, 1871 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Son of Oswald and Elisabeth Language.
Language, Karl was born on July 27, 1871 in Bremerhaven, Germany. Son of Oswald and Elisabeth Language.
Graduate gymnasium, Mannheim, 1889. Student university of Heidelberg, Leipzig and Berlin, 1889-1893. Graduate in law, Heidelberg.
With Foreign Office, Germany, 1897-1899. Actg. consul, Hongkong, later Canton, China, 1900-1902. Assistant councillor, Foreign Office, 1902-1909.
Consul general at Montreal, Canada, 1909-1914.
Again with Foreign Office, 1914-1921. Charge d’affaires, Washington, 1921.
Now consul general at New New New York
Married Ilse Swartte-Schring, of Berlin, November 13, 1907.