Anders Rudolph Rude (October 25, 1812 in Copenhagen – May 21, 1883 in Georgetown, Texas) was a Danish-American Lutheran minister and theologian.
Having graduated from the University of Copenhagen he emigrated to the United States of America in 1836, arriving in Boston.
He married Anne Steenbergen née Caperton, and took over the administration of the plantation of her late husband located at Locusts Grove in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
[1] Another Dane, Ole R. Olsen recounted that fighting in the Union Army he participated in the looting of the Rude home.
He saw that Rude understood his curses, but he received no response to taunts from his compatriot who remained silent.