Eugene Schuyler
Eugene Schuyler (February 26, 1840 – July 16, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat. Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D. from an American university; and the first American translator of Ivan Turgenev and Lev Tolstoi. He was the first American diplomat to visit Russian Central Asia, and as American Consul General in Istanbul he played a key role in publicizing Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria in 1876 during the April Uprising. He was the first American Minister to Romania and Serbia, and U.S. Minister to Greece.
Eugene Schuyler | |
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| U.S. Consul General to Egypt | |
| In office November 23, 1889 – July 2, 1890 | |
| President | Benjamin Harrison |
| Preceded by | John Cardwell |
| Succeeded by | John Alexander Anderson |
| U.S. Minister to Greece | |
| In office January 9, 1883 – October 13, 1884 | |
| President | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | John M. Read, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | A. Loudon Snowden |
| U.S. Minister to Serbia | |
| In office November 10, 1882 – September 19, 1884 | |
| President | Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Walker Fearn |
| U.S. Consul General to Romania | |
| In office December 14, 1880 – September 7, 1884 | |
| President | Rutherford B. Hayes James A. Garfield Chester A. Arthur |
| Preceded by | Inaugural holder |
| Succeeded by | Walker Fearn |
| Personal details | |
| Born | February 26, 1840 Ithaca, New York, United States |
| Died | July 16, 1890 (aged 50) Venice, Kingdom of Italy |
| Resting place | Cimitero di San Michele Venice, Italy |
| Spouse |
Gertrude Wallace King
(m. 1877) |
| Parent(s) | George Washington Schuyler Matilda Scribner |
| Education | Yale College Yale Law School Columbia Law School |
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