Career
He is known also as a linguist. Ludolf was the nephew of Hiob Ludolf the linguist. He acted as a Danish and as an English diplomat.
Gottfried Leibniz saw the importance of Ludolf"s efforts on an even larger scale, bridging the gap to China.
Ludolf was also one of the founders of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge in London, and with Anton Wilhelm Böhme linked it to Francke"s organisations in Halle.