Background
Ritter, Paul was born on November 17, 1865 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of S. R. and Regula (Stahel) Ritter.
Ritter, Paul was born on November 17, 1865 in Basel, Switzerland. Son of S. R. and Regula (Stahel) Ritter.
Educated university of Paris, Basel, Göttingen, Jena, Leipzig. Graduate Leipzig, Doctor of Laws, 1888.
Practiced law at Basel, 1888-1890. Attache, Foreign Office, Berne, Switzerland, 1890-1891. Swiss consul and consul general at Yokohama, Japan, 1892-1906.
Envoy Extraordinary anu Minister Plenipotentiary of Switss Confederation to Japan, 1906-1909, to the United States, May since 1909.
Home: Washington, Distric.
Married Louise Reidhaar, of Basel.