Background
He was the son of Gerhard Reumont (1765-1829), and named Alfred after the English king Alfred the Great.
He was the son of Gerhard Reumont (1765-1829), and named Alfred after the English king Alfred the Great.
University of Bonn.
Educated at the universities of Bonn and Heidelberg, he obtained a position in Florence through the influence of an Englishman, William Craufurd, but soon he entered the Prussian diplomatic service and was employed in Florence, in Constantinople and in Rome. He also spent some time in the Foreign Office in Berlin. From 1851 to 1860 he represented his country in Florence.
In 1879 he founded the Aachener Geschichtsverein, and having spent his concluding years at Bonn and at Aix-la-Chapelle, he died in the latter city on 27 April 1887.
Prussian Academy of Sciences. Accademia della Crusca. German Archaeological Institute.
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities.