Maurice Francis Egan | |
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United States Minister to Denmark | |
In office September 6, 1907 – December 16, 1917 | |
President | Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft Woodrow Wilson |
Preceded by | Thomas J. O'Brien |
Succeeded by | Norman Hapgood |
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Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | May 24, 1852
Died | January 15, 1924 Brooklyn, New York | (aged 71)
Education | |
Occupation | Writer, diplomat |
Awards | Medal of Merit Grand Cross, Order of the Dannebrog |
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Maurice Francis Egan (May 24, 1852 – January 15, 1924) was an American writer and diplomat. He was a prolific writer and had a long and successful career as a Catholic journalist, literary critic, and novelist. He was a professor of English at two universities, and served as United States Minister in Copenhagen.[1][2]