Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
Politician, Author
1856 – 1946
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Who was Henry Morgenthau, Sr.?
Henry Morgenthau was a lawyer, businessman and United States ambassador, most famous as the American ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during the First World War. As ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, Morgenthau has come to be identified as the most prominent American to speak out against the Armenian Genocide.
Morgenthau was father of the politician Henry Morgenthau, Jr.. His grandchildren included Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of Manhattan for 35 years, and Barbara Tuchman, noted author and historian.
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- Born
- Apr 26, 1856
Mannheim - Also known as
- Моргентау, Генри
- Parents
- Spouses
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Armenia
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia Law School
( - 1877) - City College of New York
- Columbia Law School
- Died
- Nov 25, 1946
New York City
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on July 23, 2013
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