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Horace G. Knowles
United States Ambassador to Romania
In office
May 7, 1907 – February 4, 1909
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn W. Riddle
Succeeded byHuntington Wilson
United States Ambassador to Bulgaria
In office
August 21, 1907 – February 4, 1909
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn Brinkerhoff Jackson
Succeeded bySpencer F. Eddy
United States Ambassador to Serbia
In office
January 16, 1907 – February 4, 1909
PresidentTheodore Roosevelt
Preceded byJohn W. Riddle
Succeeded byJohn R. Carter
United States Ambassador to the Dominican Republic
In office
March 7, 1910 – August 2, 1910
PresidentWilliam Howard Taft
Preceded byFenton R. McCreery
Succeeded byWilliam W. Russell
United States Ambassador to Bolivia
In office
December 28, 1910 – August 23, 1913
PresidentWilliam Howard Taft; Woodrow Wilson
Preceded byJames F. Stutesman
Succeeded byJohn D. O’Rear
Personal details
Born1862
Seaford, Delaware
DiedNovember 2, 1937(1937-11-02) (aged 75)
New York, New York
Political partyRepublican
Alma materUniversity of Delaware
OccupationAttorney

Horace Greeley Knowles (1863–1937) was an American attorney and diplomat, who served as an ambassador under three U.S. presidents between 1907 and 1913.

Early life

Knowles was born on October 20, 1863 in Seaford, Delaware, the son of Dr. Isaac H. D. Knowles and Sarah Lavinia Short.[1] He attended the University of Delaware and became an attorney in his home state. Knowles became friends with Theodore Roosevelt, who convinced him to enter into the diplomatic corps.

Public career

Knowles served as ambassador to Romania, Bulgaria, and Serbia in the final years of Roosevelt's presidency. He was appointed by Roosevelt's successor, William Howard Taft, as ambassador to the Dominican Republic and later as ambassador to Bolivia--a post he held through the early months of the Wilson administration.[2] For a period, Knowles remained active in Republican politics.

After leaving the foreign service, Knowles returned to practicing law, and appeared often before the United States Court of Claims.

Retirement

In the 1920s, Knowles became "a consistent critic of the policy of the United States in Central America, the Dominican Republic, and Haiti." He was also a critic of the Second Italo-Abyssinian War, and became treasurer of the "Committee for Ethiopia," conducting a fundraising drive that collected over $1 million for medical aid to the Ethiopians.

Knowles spent his final years in Manhattan, living at 145 East Forty Sixth Street. He died there in his sleep on the night of November 2, 1937, of a heart ailment. He was interred at Arlington Cemetery, Drexel Hill, Pennsylvania.[3] He was survived by his son Lewis, an advertising writer in East Orange, New Jersey, and his brother Harry, a postal employee from Philadelphia.


References

  1. ^ "[1]", Dr. Isaac H. D. Knowles (1835-1906) Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2014-08-02.
  2. ^ "[2]", U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian - Horace Greeley Knowles. Retrieved 2014-08-03.
  3. ^ "[3]", Horace Greeley Knowles (1863-1937) Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved 2014-08-03.


References

  • "Horace G. Knowles, A Former Diplomat," The New York Times, November 3, 1937, pg. 23.
  • "Attacks Caribbean Policy," The New York Times, March 27, 1922.


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