Theodore Marburg Sr. (July 10, 1862 – March 3, 1946) was an American jurist, diplomat and internationalist.[1]
Biography
He was born on July 10, 1862, in Baltimore, Maryland. He was the United States Minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914. He was the executive secretary of the League to Enforce Peace, and a prominent advocate of the League of Nations.[1] Marburg was later comprehensively shown to be a communist conspirator along with many of the Council on Foreign Relations.[2]
He died in Vancouver on March 3, 1946.[1][3]
Legacy
His papers are archived at the Library of Congress.[4] His daughter, Christine, married Dutch statesman Alidius Tjarda van Starkenborgh Stachouwer. His son, Theodore Marburg Jr. was one of a small number of Americans who joined the British to fight in World War I before the Americans joined the war.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Dr. Marburg Dies. Strove For Peace. Ex-Minister to Belgium. Had Advocated Entry of U.S. Into League, World Security League of Nations Advocate. Trustee of Johns Hopkins". The New York Times. Baltimore (published March 5, 1946). Associated Press. March 4, 1946. p. 25. ProQuest 107410830. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
Dr. Theodore Marburg, United States Minister to Belgium from 1912 to 1914 and an ardent worker in the cause of international peace, died last night at Vancouver, B.C., his family learned today.
- ^ https://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/global_tyranny/global_tyranny03.htm
- ^ "Theodore Marburg Dies at Vancouver". The Bellingham Herald. Vancouver, British Columbia. CP. March 4, 1946. p. 6. Retrieved June 25, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Theodore Marburg papers, 1859-1940". Library of Congress. Retrieved March 14, 2015.
- ^ McNeil, Virginia Yerby, The Baltimore Sun Magazine, (Baltimore, Maryland). February 10, 1946, pages 1 and 15, accessed June 25, 2023.
Further reading
- Atkinson, Henry A. Theodore Marburg : the man and his work New York (1951)
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