Henry Morgenthau
1856
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1946
photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
country of citizenship: United States of America
languages spoken, written or signed: English
educated at: City College of New York, Columbia Law School
occupation: entrepreneur, diplomat, lawyer
position held: United States Ambassador to Turkey
Henry Morgenthau (; April 26, 1856 – November 25, 1946) was a German-born American lawyer and businessman, best known for his role as the ambassador to the Ottoman Empire during World War I. Morgenthau was one of the most prominent Americans who spoke about the Greek genocide and the Armenian genocide of which he stated, "I am firmly convinced that this is the greatest crime of the ages".Morgenthau was the father of the politician Henry Morgenthau Jr. His grandchildren include Robert M. Morgenthau, District Attorney of Manhattan for 35 years, and Barbara W. Tuchman, a historian who won the Pulitzer Prize for her book The Guns of August. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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