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Matthews, H. Freeman, 1899-1986

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Personal name headingMatthews, H. Freeman, 1899-1986
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Variant(s)Matthews, H. Freeman, 1899-
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedCockeysville (Md.)
Birth date1899-05-26
Death date1986-10-19
Place of birthBaltimore (Md.)
Place of deathWashington (D.C.)
Field of activityUnited States -- Foreign relations
AffiliationUnited States. Foreign Service United States. Department of State
Profession or occupationDiplomats
Found inNUCMC 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.)
WWA, 1974-1975 (Matthews, H. Freeman; foreign service officer; b. 1899; former ambassador)
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)
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)
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)
Associated languageeng