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 | Edward C. O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Nicolai A. Grevstad |
United States Minister to Uruguay | |
In office March 31, 1910 – July 8, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Edward C. O'Brien |
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 | (1865-02-22)February 22, 1865 Aurora], New York, US |
Died | April 16, 1934(1934-04-16) (aged 69) Petrópolis, Brazil |
Resting place | Cemitério Municipal de Petrópolis, Petrópolis, Brazil 22°30′32″S 43°11′20″W / 22.5090°S 43.1888°W / -22.5090; -43.1888 |
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.
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.
He served as United States Ambassador to Brazil, and served as Minister to Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, and Korea.
An officer of the Order of the Southern Cross, he retired to Petropolis, Brazil, where he died on April 16, 1934.
References
- ^ Edwin V Morgan papers Peabody Essex Museum; 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.
External links
- Media related to Edwin Vernon Morgan at Wikimedia Commons
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