Alexander Hill Everett

Alexander Hill Everett
Half-portrait of Alexander Hill Everett
8th United States chargé d'affaires in the Netherlands
In office
January 4, 1819 (1819-01-04) – (1824-06-07)June 7, 1824
Appointed byJames Monroe
Preceded byWilliam Eustis
Succeeded byChristopher Hughes
8th United States Minister to Spain
In office
September 4, 1825 (1825-09-04) – (1829-08-01)August 1, 1829
Appointed byJohn Quincy Adams
Preceded byHugh Nelson
Succeeded byCornelius P. Van Ness
2nd United States Commissioner to the Great Qing Empire
In office
July 4, 1845 (1845-07-04) – (1847-06-28)June 28, 1847
Appointed byJames K. Polk
Preceded byCaleb Cushing
Succeeded byJohn Wesley Davis
Personal details
Born(1790-03-19)March 19, 1790
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
DiedJune 29, 1847(1847-06-29) (aged 57)
Guangzhou, China
Political partyNational Republican
Democrat (after 1836)
SpouseLucretia Orne Peabody (1786-1862)
RelationsEdward Everett (brother)
Alma materHarvard College
ProfessionLawyer, editor, diplomat, author

Alexander Hill Everett (March 19, 1792 – June 28, 1847) was an American diplomat, politician, and Boston man of letters.[1] Everett held diplomatic posts in the Netherlands, Spain, Cuba, and China. His translations of European literature, published in the North American Review, were influential for the Transcendentalism movement.[2]

  1. ^ "Everett, Alexander Hill 1790-1847 [WorldCat.org]". Retrieved 20 July 2016.
  2. ^ Hart, James D. (1995). The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 203. ISBN 9780195065480.