The New International Encyclopædia/Brandt, Max August Scipio von
BRANDT,  (1835— ).
A German diplomat. He is the son of Heinrich von Brandt
(q.v.), and was born in Berlin, October
8, 1835. After serving in the army, he was
made in 1860 member of a diplomatic mission
dispatched to the Far East. From 1862 to 1875
he was in Japan as the diplomatic representative,
successively, of Prussia, of the North German
Confederation, and of the German Empire.
From 1875 to 1893 he was minister at Peking,
He is author of Aus dem Lande des Zopfes
(Leipzig, 1894); Die Zukunft Ostasiens (Stuttgart,
1895); Sittenbilder aus China (Stuttgart,
1895).