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Paul Ristelhueber
19th-century French diplomat
Paul Octave Ristelhueber (July 19, 1849 – March 12, 1925,[1] known in Chinese sources as 林椿) was a French diplomat stationed in Qing China. He served as the French consul in Fuzhou (1877-80),[2] Guangzhou (1883-84)[2] and Tianjin Concession (1884-91).
Over his tenure in Tianjin, he oversaw the construction of telegraph linking Tianjin and French Indochina in 1889.[3] In 1905,[1] he became the Director of the Societe Francaise de Construction et D'exploitation de Chemins de Fer en Chine Ligne du Chan-si, the company that oversaw the construction of Shijiazhuang–Taiyuan railway in Qing China.[4] Besides, he was the Director of Russo-Chinese Bank in Paris.[5]