William Woodville Rockhill
American diplomat and Sinologist (1854–1914) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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William Woodville Rockhill (April 1, 1854 – December 8, 1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Tibetan, and one of the West's leading experts on the modern political history of China.[1]
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William Woodville Rockhill | |
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United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire | |
In office August 28, 1911 – November 20, 1913 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Oscar Straus |
Succeeded by | Henry Morgenthau, Sr. |
United States Ambassador to Russia | |
In office January 11, 1910 – June 17, 1911 | |
President | William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | John W. Riddle |
Succeeded by | Curtis Guild, Jr. |
United States Ambassador to China | |
In office March 8, 1905 – June 1, 1909 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
Preceded by | Edwin H. Conger |
Succeeded by | William J. Calhoun |
United States Ambassador to Romania | |
In office May 18, 1897 – April 27, 1899 | |
President | William McKinley |
Preceded by | Eben Alexander |
Succeeded by | Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
United States Ambassador to Serbia | |
In office May 7, 1897 – April 27, 1899 | |
President | William McKinley |
Preceded by | Eben Alexander |
Succeeded by | Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
United States Ambassador to Greece | |
In office September 25, 1897 – April 27, 1899 | |
President | William McKinley |
Preceded by | Eben Alexander |
Succeeded by | Arthur Sherburne Hardy |
Personal details | |
Born | (1854-04-01)April 1, 1854 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Died | December 8, 1914(1914-12-08) (aged 60) |
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