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Herbert H. D. Peirce
Herbert Henry Davis Peirce (May 11, 1849 – December 5, 1916) was a United States diplomat who served as Third Assistant Secretary of State from 1901 to 1906 and as United States Ambassador to Norway, U.S. Ambassador to Norway from 1906 to 1911. He is the brother of the philosopher Charles S. Peirce. Biography Herbert Henry Davis Peirce was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 11, 1849, the son of Benjamin Peirce and his wife Sarah, who was a daughter of Elijah H. Mills. He was educated at Harvard College, graduating in 1871. He later studied at the Royal School of Mines in London. In 1894, Peirce joined the United States Legation in Saint Petersburg as Diplomatic rank#Modern diplomats, First Secretary, and occasionally acting as . In this capacity, he attended the Coronation of the Russian monarch, coronation of Nicholas II of Russia in 1896. In 1901, president Theodore Roosevelt named Peirce to be Third Assistant Secretary of State and Peirce held this office from N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United States Ambassador To Norway
The United States Ambassador to Norway (formally the Ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Norway) is the official representative of the President and the Government of the United States of America to the King and Government of Norway. Since the United States was recognized as an independent country in 1783, it first established diplomatic relations with Norway in 1818 when Jonathan Russell was accepted as the Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden and Norway. From 1814 to 1905, Sweden and Norway were in a personal union. Although each country was fully sovereign, they had a common foreign policy and diplomatic service. The United States Ambassador to Sweden thus was the US representative to Norway as well as Sweden. In 1905 Sweden and Norway peacefully separated and Norway continued to be an independent constitutional monarchy. On November 14, 1905, the US State Department instructed Ambassador Charles H. Graves to handle affairs for Sweden and Norway separately and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
