Karl Ledderhose

Karl Heinrich Ludwig Ledderhose (26 March 1821 - 1 January 1899) was a German lawyer, politician and university rector. Initially serving in the governments of both Electoral and Prussian Hesse, Ledderhose was later transferred to the newly created Imperial Territory of Alsace–Lorraine, where he served as both vice-president and undersecretary of state. In addition to his governmental duties, he is perhaps best known as the inaugural rector of the Kaiser-Wilhelm-Universität, which would later become the University of Strasbourg.