Reuter, Christian, 1665-c.1712, German writer of satiric fiction and drama. Reuter's Schelmuffsky (1696, tr. 1962) was among the first picaresque novels in German. His plays for the traveling theater, including Graf Ehrenfried (1700), Die frohlockende Spree [the rejoicing Spree] (1703), and Letzter Zuruf [last call] (1705), describe petty bourgeois weaknesses.

Reuter, Fritz (Heinrich Ludwig Christian Friedrich Reuter), 1810-74, German writer. His tales of Mecklenburg life are among the best of German provincial literature. Reuter's political views brought him a death sentence (1833), later commuted to 30 years' imprisonment. Released in the Prussian amnesty of 1840, he led a wretched life until, in the 1850s, he won recognition with novels, tales, and verse in Low German dialect, or Plattdeutsch. His works, characterized by compassion for the poor and acute understanding of provincial people, include Ut de Franzosentid (1860; tr. In the Year '13, 1867), Ut mine Stromtid (1862-64; tr. Seedtime and Harvest, 1871), and Ut Mine Festungstid [from my prison days] (1863).

Reuter, Baron Paul Julius von, 1816-99, founder of Reuters Telegram Company (now part of Thomson Reuters), b. Kassel, Germany. His original name was Israel Beer Josaphat. First a bank clerk, he started in 1849 a pigeon post service, which bridged a gap in the telegraph line between Aachen, Germany, and Verviers, Belgium. In 1851 he went to England, where he was later naturalized, and soon opened a news office in London. In 1858 he persuaded English newspapers to publish his foreign telegrams. He then extended his influence and soon had worldwide cable connections. In 1865 he converted the Reuters agency into a joint stock company, and he was governing director until 1878. He was named a baron by the duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha in 1871. See news agency.

The German term Reut(t)er or Heureiter describes a pile of hay, while Reiter means a "rider".

Persons that bear the name Reuter

• Christian Reuter (1665- ca. 1712), writer
• Edzard Reuter (born 1928), former Daimler-Benz manager, son of Ernst Reuter
• Eike Reuter (1938-2005), church musician
• Enzio Rafael Reuter (1867-1951),entomologist
• Erich Fritz Reuter (1911-1997), sculptor in Berlin
• Ernst Reuter (1889-1953), mayor of Berlin, Germany from 1948-1953
• Fritz Reuter (1810-1874), poet
• Gabriele Reuter (1859-1941), writer
• Hans Peter Reuter, painter
• Ludwig von Reuter (1869-1943), admiral
• Manuel Reuter (born 1961), race driver
• Milly Reuter (born 1904), athlete
• Paul (Julius Freiherr von) Reuter (Israel Beer Josaphat), founder of Reuters news service
• Stefan Reuter (born 1966), football (soccer) player
• Theodor Reuter (1838-1904), Prussian school director, founder of Theodor-Reuter-Berufskolleg Iserlohn
• Walter Reuter (1906-2005), photographer and resistance fighter
• Wolfgang Reuter, mayor of Offenbach, Germany from 1986-1994
• Bernd Reuter (born 1962), successful entrepreneur from Frankfurt, Germany

Persons that bear the name Reutter

• Georg Reutter II, composer
• Hermann Reutter (1900 - 1985), composer
• Otto Reutter (1870 - 1931), comedian
• Wilhelm Reutter, founder of Reutter Carosserie-Werke in Stuttgart, now Porsche and Recaro seats
• G Emil Reutter (b 1957), Author, poet, essayist, www.gemilreutter-author.com

See also

• Reuter Organ Company
• Reuther, Reutther
• Reuters
• Ruiter, Ruyter, Ruijter