Walker Fearn

Walker Fearn
Born January 13, 1832
Huntsville, Alabama, USA
Died April 7, 1899 (aged 67)
Occupation American diplomat

John Walker Fearn (January 13, 1832 – April 7, 1899)[1][2] was a Confederate and American diplomat.

Fearn, born in Huntsville, Alabama,[2] was an 1851 graduate of Yale University.[3] He spent most of the 1850s on the staffs of the American embassies in Belgium and Mexico, then joined the Confederate diplomatic corps when the Civil War broke out in 1861.[4] After serving on unsuccessful missions to Spain, France, Russia, and Mexico, Fearn moved to New Orleans when the war was over to practice law.[5]

From 1885 to 1889, Fearn served as the American minister to Serbia, Romania, and Greece.[1] He later served as chief of the Department of Foreign Affairs for the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893.[6]

His daughter Mary married Serge Wolkonsky.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "John Walker Fearn - People - Department History - Office of the Historian". history.state.gov. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lawrence Kestenbaum. "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Fayad to Fehrman". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved 19 January 2014.
  3. ↑ Onofrio, Jan. Alabama Biographical Dictionary, pg. 112
  4. ↑ Onofrio, pg. 112
  5. ↑ Onofrio, pg. 112-13
  6. ↑ Onofrio, pg. 113