URI(s)
Fuller Name
- Harrison Freeman
Variants
- Matthews, H. Freeman, 1899-
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1899-05-26
Death Date
- 1986-10-19
Has Affiliation
- Organization: United States. Foreign Service
- Organization: United States. Department of State
Birth Place
- Baltimore (Md.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
United States -- Foreign relations
Occupation
Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Earlier Established Forms
- Matthews, H. Freeman, 1899-
Sources
- found: NUCMC data from Harry S. Truman Library for Foreign Service officers and Dept. of State officials; oral history interviews, 1971-1984(H. Freeman Matthews; with St. Dept. during Truman admin.)
- found: WWA, 1974-1975(Matthews, H. Freeman; foreign service officer; b. 1899; former ambassador)
- found: Memories of a passing era, 1973:title page (H. Freeman Matthews) page 9 (born in Baltimore on May 26, 1899) page 12 (family lived in the country, 12 miles north of Baltimore, in Cockeysville, yearly from end of April until Thanksgiving)
- found: OCLC, viewed February 3, 2016(AAP: Matthews, H. Freeman, 1899-; Matthews, H. Freeman; usage: Harrison Freeman Matthews [1999 reference source]; most reference sources list him as H. Freeman Matthews)
- found: Wikipedia, viewed February 3, 2016:article, H. Freeman Matthews (H. Freeman Matthews; also known as Harrison Freeman "Doc" Matthews; career American diplomat; ambassador to Sweden (1947-1950), the Netherlands (1953-1957), and Austria (1957-1962); held diplomatic posts in Hungary (1924-1926); Colombia (1926-1929); Cuba (1933-1937); France (1937-1941), including Vichy France (1940-1941); and the United Kingdom (1941-1943); held U.S. State Department positions (1930-1933, 1943-1947, and 1950-1953 [as Deputy Undersecretary of State]); died in Washington, D.C., on October 19, 1986 and buried in Baltimore; son H. Freeman Matthews, Jr. (1927-2006) was also a career diplomat)
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Change Notes
- 1990-05-22: new
- 2016-02-04: revised
Alternate Formats