Alexander Rudolf Karl von Uexküll

{{Short description|Baltic German politician (1829–1891)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Alexander Rudolf Karl von Uexküll

|image = AlexanderUexkull.jpg

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|caption = Alexander von Uexküll, photographed by {{ill|Charles Borchardt|et}}

|office1 = Mayor of Reval

|term_start1 = April 1878

|term_end1 = June 1883

|predecessor1 = Oscar Arthur von Riesemann

|successor1 = Wilhelm Greiffenhagen

|birth_date = {{osd|6 June|1829|25 May}}

|birth_place = Seltso, Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

|death_date = {{osd|9 December|1891|28 November}} (aged 62)

|death_place = Reval, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire (present-day Tallinn, Estonia)

|nationality = Baltic German

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|alma_mater = Imperial University of Dorpat

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Alexander Rudolf Karl Freiherr{{German title Freiherr}} von Uexküll ({{osd|6 June|1829|25 May}} – {{osd|9 December|1891|28 November}}){{cite web|url=https://bbld.de/GND117266388|title=BBLD – Uexküll, Oscar Arthur v.|access-date=3 June 2018|date=|publisher=Baltisches Biographisches Lexikon digital|language=German}} was a Baltic German politician who was the mayor of Reval (now {{lang|et|Tallinn}}) from April 1878 to June 1883. He was a member of the noble von Uexküll family, which had origins in Bremen. Von Uexküll studied in the University of Dorpat. He owned Heimar manor (now {{lang|et|Haimre}}). His son was biologist and pioneer of biosemiotics Jakob von Uexküll.{{cite web|url=http://dspace.ut.ee/bitstream/handle/10062/47408/Uexkyll_nimistu.pdf|title=UEXKÜLL, JAKOB VON. Inventarinimistu|access-date=3 June 2018|date=11 June 2015|last=Ermel|first=Malle|publisher=Tartu Ülikooli Raamatukogu|language=Estonian}} He was succeeded by Wilhelm Greiffenhagen.

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