Edwin Vernon Morgan

Edwin Vernon Morgan
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
Died April 16, 1934(1934-04-16) (aged 69)
Petrópolis, Brazil
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°W / -22.5090; -43.1888Coordinates: 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.[1][2]

Biography

He was born in Aurora, New York on February 22, 1865. He was the grandson of Congressman Edwin Barber Morgan. He attended Phillips Andover 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

  1. 1 2 3 Edwin V Morgan papers Peabody Essex Museum; accessed Dec 6 2015
  2. ↑ Find a Grave - Edwin V Morgan Find a Grave; accessed Dec 6 2015
  3. ↑ 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
  4. ↑ US Dept of State - Office of the Historian - People - Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934) United States Department of State website; accessed Dec 6 2015
  5. ↑ "Street Named for Ambassador". The New York Times. July 22, 1934. Retrieved 2018-06-17.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ Find a Grave - Edwin Vernon Morgan (1865–1934) Find a Grave; accessed Dec 6 2015
Diplomatic posts
Preceded by
Irving Bedell Dudley		 United States Ambassador to Brazil
1912–1933		 Succeeded by
Hugh S. Gibson


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