Augustine Heard II | |
Office: | United States Consul General to Korea |
Term Start: | May 26, 1890 |
Term End: | June 27, 1893 |
President1: | Benjamin Harrison |
Predecessor1: | Hugh A. Dinsmore |
Successor1: | John Mahelm Berry Sill |
Birth Date: | 1827 |
Birth Place: | Ipswich, Massachusetts, U.S. |
Death Date: | 1905 (aged 78) |
Relations: | George Washington Heard (father) and Elizabeth Ann (Farley) Heard (mother) |
Profession: | entrepreneur, businessman and trader, U.S. Ambassador |
Augustine F. Heard II, also known as Augustine F. Heard Jr., (1827–1905) was an American Minister Resident and Consul General to Korea. He served from January 30, 1890, until June 27, 1893.[1] He was born in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He was the nephew of Augustine Heard. He graduated from Harvard College in 1847.[2] Upon the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese war in 1894, he supported a policy of international guarantee by the powers to keep Korea free from Japanese control.[3]