Lothar Bucher

Lothar Bucher (born October 25, 1817, Neustettin, Pomerania [now Szczecinek, Poland]—died October 10, 1892, Glion, Switzerland) was a German publicist and one of the most trusted aides of the German chancellor Otto von Bismarck. He collaborated in writing Bismarck’s memoirs, Gedanken und Erinnerungen (1898; Reflections and Reminiscences). Bucher was a member of the Prussian National Assembly (1848) and of the Prussian second chamber (1849), in which he sat with the extreme left. In 1850 he...