William Woodville Rockhill

William Woodville Rockhill
United States Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
In office August 28, 1911 – November 20, 1913
President	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Oscar Straus
Succeeded by	Henry Morgenthau, Sr.
United States Ambassador to Russia
In office January 11, 1910 – June 17, 1911
President	William Howard Taft
Preceded by	John W. Riddle
Succeeded by	Curtis Guild, Jr.
United States Ambassador to China
In office March 8, 1905 – June 1, 1909
President	Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft
Preceded by	Edwin H. Conger
Succeeded by	William J. Calhoun
United States Ambassador to Romania
In office May 18, 1897 – April 27, 1899
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Eben Alexander
Succeeded by	Arthur Sherburne Hardy
United States Ambassador to Serbia
In office May 7, 1897 – April 27, 1899
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Eben Alexander
Succeeded by	Arthur Sherburne Hardy
United States Ambassador to Greece
In office September 25, 1897 – April 27, 1899
President	William McKinley
Preceded by	Eben Alexander
Succeeded by	Arthur Sherburne Hardy
Personal details
Born	(1854-04-01)April 1, 1854 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	December 8, 1914(1914-12-08) (aged 60)

William Woodville Rockhill (April 1, 1854 – December 8, 1914) was a United States diplomat, best known as the author of the U.S.'s Open Door Policy for China, the first American to learn to speak Tibetan, and one of the West's leading experts on the modern political history of China.^[1]