Augustine Heard II explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. https://kr.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulate/seoul/former-ambassadors/ U.S. Embassy and Consulate in Korea
  2. http://phillipslibrarycollections.pem.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15928coll1/id/2828 Peabody Essex Museum Phillips Library Digital Collections Augustine F. Heard, Jr. (1827–1905) Papers
  3. Correspondence with other former diplomats, The North American Review, vol. 159 (1894) pp. 300-320.