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Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. | |
|---|---|
| 1st United States Ambassador to Egypt | |
| In office October 10, 1946 – May 30, 1948 | |
| President | Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Himself (as Minister) |
| Succeeded by | Stanton Griffis |
| United States Minister to Egypt | |
| In office June 14, 1944 – October 10, 1946 | |
| President | Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman |
| Preceded by | Alexander Comstock Kirk |
| Succeeded by | Himself (as Ambassador) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 3, 1891 New Brighton, New York |
| Died | April 21, 1967 (aged 75) Paris, France |
Somerville Pinkney Tuck (May 3, 1891 – April 21, 1967)[1] was an American diplomat.
Early in his career, in the early 1920s Tuck was the American Consul at Vladivostok.[2]
Tuck, during World War II, was the Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'affaires to Vichy France.[3]
After leaving that post, Tuck became the last envoy and first United States Ambassador to Egypt; in the latter role, he served from 1946 to 1948.[1][4] After retiring from government service, he served on the board of directors of the Suez Canal in the 1950s.[5]
Tuck died in Paris in April 1967.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1891–1967)". Office of the Historian. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "American Consul leaves Vladivostok". The Boston Globe. May 18, 1923. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ Bauer, Yehuda (1981), American Jewry and the Holocaust: the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, 1939–1945, Wayne State University Press, p. 176, ISBN 978-0-8143-1672-6
- ^ Louis, William Roger (1986), The British Empire in the Middle East, 1945–1951: Arab Nationalism, the United States, and Postwar Imperialism, Oxford University Press, p. 242, ISBN 978-0-19-822960-5
- ^ "The Suez Canal". Life. October 22, 1951. Retrieved November 26, 2011.
- ^ "S. PINKNEY TUCK, DIPLOMAT, DEAD; First Envoy to Egypt, 75-- On Board of Suez Canal". The New York Times. 1967-04-23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-27.
| Diplomatic posts | ||
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| Preceded by None |
U.S. Ambassador to Egypt 1946–1948 |
Succeeded by Stanton Griffis |
