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'''Charlemagne Tower, Jr.''' was an [[United States|American]] diplomat. Son of [[Charlemagne Tower]], he served as [[United States Ambassador to Austria|Minister to Austria-Hungary]] for President [[William McKinley]] before being transferred to [[United States Ambassador to Russia|Russia as Ambassador]]. Following his post in [[St. Petersburg]], he served as [[United States Ambassador to Germany|Ambassador to Germany]] from 1902 to 1908 under President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. He was a trustee of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], donating a large collection of 2,300 [[Russian language|Russian]] books to the library, which forms the nucleus of Penn's Russian and East European collection. |
'''Charlemagne Tower, Jr.''' was an [[United States|American]] diplomat. Son of [[Charlemagne Tower]], he served as [[United States Ambassador to Austria|Minister to Austria-Hungary]] for President [[William McKinley]] before being transferred to [[United States Ambassador to Russia|Russia as Ambassador]]. Following his post in [[St. Petersburg]], he served as [[United States Ambassador to Germany|Ambassador to Germany]] from 1902 to 1908 under President [[Theodore Roosevelt]]. He was a trustee of the [[University of Pennsylvania]], donating a large collection of 2,300 [[Russian language|Russian]] books to the library, which forms the nucleus of Penn's Russian and East European collection. |
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*{{cite web |title=U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia |url=http://moscow.usembassy.gov/ministers-and-ambassadors.html |publisher=U.S. Department of State |accessdate=2009-07-31}} |
*{{cite web |title=U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia |url=http://moscow.usembassy.gov/ministers-and-ambassadors.html |publisher=U.S. Department of State |accessdate=2009-07-31}} |
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Revision as of 18:18, 31 July 2009
Charlemagne Tower, Jr. (1848-1923) was an American diplomat. Son of Charlemagne Tower, he served as Minister to Austria-Hungary for President William McKinley before being transferred to Russia as Ambassador. Following his post in St. Petersburg, he served as Ambassador to Germany from 1902 to 1908 under President Theodore Roosevelt. He was a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania, donating a large collection of 2,300 Russian books to the library, which forms the nucleus of Penn's Russian and East European collection.
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Public domain text taken from:
- "U.S. Ministers and Ambassadors to Russia". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved 2009-07-31.