Heinrich Eduard von Lade (24 February 1817 – 7 August 1904) was a German banker and amateurastronomer.
He was born inGeisenheim, located along the banks of theRhine river, the son of a wine merchant. He worked as a banker and exporter inHamburg andParis, and by the age of 44 he had earned enough to retire.
In 1861 he built a private estate Monrepos inGeisenheim. There he dedicated himself to culturing fruit andwine, and established a school at the site to teach the art. He also built anobservatory on the estate to pursue his interest inselenography, or mapping theMoon.
He commissioned the construction of a lunar globe with one side in physical relief and the other with hashed relief and the crater names. This globe is now a very rare collector's item.
In 1901 he was elevated to nobility and became abaron. He died in Geisenheim, which is still famous for its wine and theGeisenheim Grape Breeding Institute.
The craterLade on theMoon is named after him, as is theasteroid340 Eduarda.
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