Edwin Vernon Morgan
Edwin Vernon Morgan | |
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United States Ambassador to Brazil | |
In office June 4, 1912 – August 23, 1933 | |
President | William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson Warren G. Harding Calvin Coolidge Herbert Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Irving Bedell Dudley |
Succeeded by | Hugh S. Gibson |
United States Minister to Portugal | |
In office August 3, 1911 – February 11, 1912 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Henry Gage |
Succeeded by | Cyrus Woods |
United States Minister to Paraguay | |
In office June 29, 1910 – July 8, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Nicolai A. Grevstad |
United States Minister to Uruguay | |
In office March 31, 1910 – July 8, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | |
Succeeded by | Nicolai A. Grevstad |
United States Minister to Cuba | |
In office March 1, 1906 – January 5, 1910 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Herbert G. Squiers |
Succeeded by | John Brinkerhoff Jackson |
3rd United States Minister to Korea | |
In office June 26, 1905 – November 17, 1905 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt |
Preceded by | Horace Newton Allen |
Succeeded by | Diplomatic relations ended |
Personal details | |
Born | Aurora, New York | February 22, 1865
Died | April 16, 1934 Petrópolis, Brazil | (aged 69)
Cause of death | Angina |
Resting place | Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil 22°30′32″S 43°11′20″W / 22.5090°S 43.1888°WCoordinates: 22°30′32″S 43°11′20″W / 22.5090°S 43.1888°W |
Relatives | Edwin B. Morgan, grandfather |
Alma mater | Harvard University |
Profession | Diplomat |
Awards | Order of the Southern Cross |
Edwin Vernon Morgan (February 22, 1865 – April 16, 1934) was an American diplomat.[1][2]
He was born in Aurora, New York, the grandson of Congressman Edwin Barber Morgan. He attended Phillips Academy and then in 1890 graduated from Harvard University in with a bachelor's degree. Harvard awarded him a masters the following year. He then taught at Harvard and Western Reserve University before entering the United States Foreign Service.[1]
He served as United States Ambassador to Brazil,[3] and served as Minister to Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, and Korea.[4]
An officer of the Order of the Southern Cross,[5][6] he retired to Petropolis, Brazil, where he died on April 16, 1934.[7][1]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Edwin V Morgan papers Peabody Essex Museum; accessed Dec 6 2015
- ^ Find a Grave - Edwin V Morgan Find a Grave; accessed Dec 6 2015
- ^ Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934) US Embassy, Seoul Archived 2011-09-10 at the Wayback Machine Former Chiefs of Mission in Korea - from 1883; accessed Dec 6, 2015
- ^ US Dept of State - Office of the Historian - People - Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934) United States Department of State website; accessed Dec 6 2015
- ^ "Street Named for Ambassador". The New York Times. July 22, 1934. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ^ "EDWIN V. MORGAN IS DEAD IH BRAZIL; { Served as Ambassador to That Country 21 Years -- a Victim of Angina Pectoris. WAS A HARVARD ALUMNUS Had Been Our Minister to Cuba, ! Paraguay, Portugal and Korea Retired Last Year". The New York Times. April 17, 1934. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
- ^ Find a Grave - Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934) Find a Grave; accessed Dec 6 2015
External links[]
Media related to Edwin Vernon Morgan at Wikimedia Commons
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- Ambassadors of the United States to Cuba
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- Ambassadors of the United States to Paraguay
- Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal
- 1865 births
- 1934 deaths
- People from Aurora, Cayuga County, New York
- Case Western Reserve University faculty
- Phillips Academy alumni
- United States Foreign Service personnel
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