Edwin Vernon Morgan (February 22, 1865 – April 16, 1934) was an American diplomat.[1]
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 | February 22, 1865 Aurora], New York, US |
| Died | April 16, 1934 (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 |
| Relatives | Edwin B. Morgan, grandfather |
| Alma mater | Harvard University |
| Profession | Diplomat |
| Awards | Order of the Southern Cross |
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,[2] and served as Minister to Cuba, Paraguay, Uruguay, Portugal, and Korea.[3]
An officer of the Order of the Southern Cross,[4][5] he retired to Petropolis, Brazil, where he died on April 16, 1934.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c 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.
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