Sumner Welles

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American diplomat Under Secretary of State of the United States human politician

Sumner Welles was an influential American diplomat and Under Secretary of State under Franklin D. Roosevelt, known for shaping U.S. foreign policy during World War II and contributing to the early framework of the United Nations.

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Sumner Welles canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American diplomat ⓘ
Under Secretary of State of the United States ⓘ
human ⓘ
politician ⓘ
causeOfDeath thrombosis ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1892-10-14 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1961-09-24 ⓘ
educatedAt Groton School ⓘ
Harvard University ⓘ
employer United States Department of State ⓘ
familyName Orson Welles ⓘ
surface form: Welles
fieldOfWork diplomacy ⓘ
foreign policy ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
fullName Benjamin Sumner Welles ⓘ
genre non-fiction ⓘ
givenName Sumner ⓘ
influenced U.S. foreign policy toward Latin America ⓘ
early planning for the United Nations ⓘ
influencedBy President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt
knownFor Good Neighbor policy ⓘ
surface form: Good Neighbor Policy toward Latin America

involvement in early framework of the United Nations ⓘ
shaping U.S. foreign policy during World War II ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty Democratic Party ⓘ
notableWork The Time for Decision ⓘ
The World of the Four Freedoms ⓘ
What Is Our Destiny? ⓘ
surface form: Where Are We Heading?
occupation author ⓘ
civil servant ⓘ
diplomat ⓘ
participantIn World War II diplomacy ⓘ
inter-American conferences ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
placeOfDeath Bernardsville, New Jersey ⓘ
New Jersey, United States ⓘ
surface form: New Jersey

United States of America ⓘ
positionHeld Assistant Secretary of State ⓘ
Chief of the Division of Latin American Affairs ⓘ
U.S. Ambassador to Cuba ⓘ
Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs ⓘ
surface form: Under Secretary of State of the United States
religion Episcopalianism ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
Washington, D.C. ⓘ
spouse Harriet Appleton Post ⓘ
Mathilde Townsend ⓘ
surface form: Mathilde Scott Townsend

Mathilde Townsend ⓘ
workedUnder President Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ
surface form: Franklin D. Roosevelt

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Declaration by United Nations → keyDrafter → Sumner Welles ⓘ
Groton School → hasAlumni → Sumner Welles ⓘ
The Time for Decision → author → Sumner Welles ⓘ
The World of the Four Freedoms → author → Sumner Welles ⓘ
The World of the Four Freedoms → hasAuthor → Sumner Welles ⓘ
Harriet Appleton Post → spouse → Sumner Welles ⓘ
Harriet Appleton Post → hasRelative → Sumner Welles ⓘ