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James Douglas (1878–1956)
James Douglas (7 September 1878 – 4 December 1956) was a diplomat and Poland, Polish independence activist. Biography James Douglas was born on 7 September 1878 in the Russian Empire, within the area of modern Ukraine. He was Poles (people), Polish of Scottish people, Scottish descent. His ancestor moved from Scotland to Ukraine in the 19th century to open there a sugar mill.Wojciech Skóra: ''Organizacja i pierwszy okres działalności polskich konsulatów w Harbinie i Władywostoku w latach 1920–1924''. In: Andrzej Furier: ''Polskie ślady na Dalekim Wschodzie. Polacy w Harbinie''. Szczecin: Pomeranian Library, 2008. ISBN 978-83-87879-73-0. (in Polish) Douglas graduated from a Gymnasium (school), gymnasium (middle school) in Kyiv. He was an activist for Polish independence, and a member of the Polish Socialist Party. In 1904 he was a foreign correspondent of Lviv-based newspaper ''Słowo Polskie (Lviv), Słowo Polskie'', sent to Empire of Japan, Japan. There, together with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consul (representative)
A consul is an official representative of a government who resides in a foreign country to assist and protect citizens of the consul's country, and to promote and facilitate commercial and diplomatic relations between the two countries. A consul is generally part of a government's diplomatic corps or Diplomatic service, foreign service, and thus enjoys certain privileges and protections in the host state, albeit without full diplomatic immunity. Unlike an ambassador, who serves as the single representative of one government to another, a state may appoint several consuls in a foreign nation, typically in major cities; consuls are usually tasked with providing assistance in bureaucratic issues to both citizens of their own country traveling or living abroad and to the citizens of the country in which the consul resides who wish to travel to or trade with the consul's country. Origin and history Antecedent: the classical Greek ''proxenos'' In classical Greece, some of the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
