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Robert Woods Bliss

American diplomat (1875–1962) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Robert Woods Bliss
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Early life and education

Bliss was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on August 5, 1875, the son of William Henry Bliss (1844–1932), a United States Attorney, and Anna Louisa Woods Bliss (1850-1888), and the brother of Annie Louise Bliss Warren (1878–1964).

When his father remarried in 1894, he became the stepson of Anna Dorinda Blaksley Barnes Bliss (1851–1935) and the stepbrother of Cora Fanny Barnes (1858–1911) and Mildred Barnes (1879–1969).

He attended J.P. Hopkinson's Private School in Boston in 1894 and 1895, and received his A.B. in 1900 from Harvard College, where he was a member of the Owl Club. Bliss married Mildred in 1908.

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