Tomás Herrán Explained

Birth Date:September 21, 1843
Death Date:1904
Alma Mater:Georgetown University
Father:Pedro Alcántara Herrán
Office:Chargé d'affaires for Colombia in the United States
Term:1903
Spouse:Laura Echeverri Villa[1]

Tomás Herrán y Mosquera (September 21, 1843[2] – 1904[3]), a Colombian diplomat, signed and became a namesake of the Hay–Herrán Treaty of 1903.[4]

Herrán was the son of Pedro Alcántara Herrán and the maternal grandson of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, who both served as President of Colombia.[5]

Herrán graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in 1863 and an M.A. in 1868. He was awarded a Doctor of Laws by Georgetown in 1900.[6]

At the time of the Hay–Herrán Treaty, Herrán served as Colombian chargé d'affaires in the United States of America. Herrán's papers were later published as The Letters of Tomás Herrán and the Panama Crisis, 1900–1903, edited by Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.[7]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Tomás Herrán Papers. December 12, 2021. Georgetown University Archival Resources.
  2. Book: La crisis de Panamá: cartas de Tomás Herrán, 1900–1904. Herrán. Tomás. Dodd. Thomás J.. 1985. Banco de la República. 978-958-9028-16-2. 19. es.
  3. Book: Diccionario biográfico y genealógico de la élite antioqueña y viejocaldense. Segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX. 2014. Javier Mejía Cubillos. 978-958-57364-0-5. 108. es.
  4. Web site: Acquisition of the Panama Canal. The Historical Text Archive. Donald J. Mabry. 2001. December 17, 2014.
  5. Book: Morrissey, Thomas E.. Donegan and the Panama Canal. 2009-10-06. Xlibris Corporation. 978-1-4628-3263-7. 100. en.
  6. Web site: Thomas Herrán (B.A. 1863, M.A. 1868, LL.D. 1900). Georgetown University Library.
  7. Web site: Thomas J. Dodd - Former U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay. U.S. Department of State. December 17, 2014.