Philippe Hannibal Price

Philippe Hannibal Price was a Haitian diplomat and author.

Philippe Hannibal Price
Haitian Ambassador to the United States
from  Haiti
to  United States
In office
January 1, 1890 – January 1, 1893
PresidentFlorvil Hyppolite
Succeeded byClément Haentjens
Personal details
Born(1841-01-01)January 1, 1841
Jacmel, Haiti
DiedJanuary 1, 1893(1893-01-01) (aged 52)
Baltimore, Maryland
SpouseJosephine Curet
ChildrenHannibal Price
Alma materreceived his education in his hometown.

After the fall of President Michel Domingue, Price became a Counselor to the Provisional Government of 1875 and was a serious advocate of Florvil Hyppolite.

From 1890 to 1893 he served as Minister Plenipotentiary to Washington, D.C. It was during this time that he wrote his most famous book, De la Réhabilitation de la Race Noire par la République d'Haïti (English: On the Rehabilitation of the Black Race by the Republic of Haiti), published in 1893. Price died in Baltimore, Maryland of typhoid fever at the age of fifty-two.[1]

Selected works

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  • Etudes sur Les Finances et L'Économie des Nations
  • Rapport sur Les Traveaux de la Première Conférence Pan-Américaine
  • De La Réhabilitation de La Race noire et de La Republique D'Haïti (published 1893)

References

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  1. ^ Michael R. Hall, Historical Dictionary of Haiti, 2012, p. 215 s.
  • Schutt-Ainé, Patricia (1994). Haiti: A Basic Reference Book. Miami, Florida: Librairie Au Service de la Culture. p. 96. ISBN 0-9638599-0-0.
  • Menos, Solon (1904). Auteurs Haitiens, Morceaux Choisis. Port-au-Prince, Haiti: Imprimerie de M F. Smith. p. 6.| coauthors = Dantès Bellegarde, A. Duval, Georges Sylvain