Daniel E. Bandmann
Daniel Edward Bandmann (November 1, 1837 – November 23, 1905) was an internationally known German-born American Shakespearean actor who after retiring from the stage became a noted Montana rancher and pomologist. In 1885, Bandmann published An Actor's Tour: or, Seventy Thousand Miles with Shakespeare, chronicling his repertoire company's near four-year tour of the Asia-Pacific region over the early 1880s. Bandmann was later credited for introducing McIntosh red apples for cultivation in western Montana. Early life The son of Solomon and Rebecca, Daniel Edward Bandmann was born in Cassel (now Kassel), a city in the Grand Duchy of Hesse. He first came to the United States in 1852 where at some point he became involved with German amateur theatre productions at New York's Stadt Theatre. During this time, he reportedly attended the Cooper Institute where he studied English under Alexander Graham Bell. This is questionable, since Bell was nearly ten years younger than Bandmann and did not come to America until much later. As an American citizen, Bandmann returned to Germany in 1858 and shortly thereafter made his professional stage debut at the Court Theatre in Neustrelitz. Later, with the sponsorship of the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg, Bandmann embarked on a