Frederic Courtland Penfield
| Frederic Courtland Penfield | |
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 Penfield circa 1913 |
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| Born | April 23, 1855 Connecticut |
| Died | June 19, 1922 (aged 67) 787 Fifth Avenue |
| Spouse |
Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles (m. 1892–1905) |
| Parents | Sophia Young Daniel Penfield |
Frederic Courtland Penfield (April 23, 1855 - June 19, 1922) was an American diplomat.
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[edit] Biography
He was born in Connecticut, on April 23, 1855 to Daniel Penfield and Sophia Young. He was the United States vice consul in London in 1885.
He married Katharine Albert McMurdo Welles (c1855-1905) in 1892. He became the United States diplomatic agent to Egypt from 1893 to 1897.
She died in 1905 and in 1907 he published the travelogue East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan describing his journeys through those countries. In 1908 he married Anne Weightman Walker.
He becamethe United States Ambassador to Austria-Hungary from 1913 to 1917.
Penfield died on June 19, 1922 at his home on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan of "congestion of the brain".[1] He was buried at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York.[2]
[edit] Bibliography
- East of Suez: Ceylon, India, China and Japan (1907), New York, The Century Co.Online version at Project Gutenberg
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- ^ "F.C. Penfield Dead at His Home Here. Ex-Ambassador to Austria Had Been Ill With Congestion of the Brain. Born in Connecticut 68 Years Ago and Was for Some Time on The Hartford Courant. Sent to Austria in 1913. Known as Traveler and Writer. Recipient of Many Degrees.". New York Times. June 20, 1922. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=950DE2DB1231EF33A25753C2A9609C946395D6CF. Retrieved 2009-07-25. "Frederic Courtland Penfield former Ambassador to Austria-Hungary, died just after 10 o'clock last night at his home, 787 Fifth Avenue."
- ^ "Frederic Courtland Penfield". Political Graveyard. http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/pendry-penniman.html. Retrieved 2009-07-25.
