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Gibson, Hugh, 1883-1954We have 1 book for this author.Hugh Simons Gibson (1883–1954) was an American diplomat. He was born in Los Angeles, California on 16 August 1883, the son of Frank A. Gibson and Mary G. Gibson. On February 27, 1922, he married Ynés Marie Marcelle Reyntiens (died 1950). Gibson was in Belgium as secretary to the American Legation, when World War I began. In 1915 he unsuccessfully attempted to prevent the execution of British Nurse Edith Cavell. Gibson was a friend of Herbert Hoover. Foreign Service officer: U.S. Minister to Poland, 1919-24; Switzerland, 1924-27; Luxembourg, 1927-33, 1937-38; U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, 1927-33, 1937-38; Brazil, 1933-36. Gibson was on the front cover of Time for the November 26, 1923 July 18, 1927 and the February 8, 1932 issues. Gibson died on 12 December 1954 in Geneva, Switzerland.[1] Reference
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