Name John Coolidge Role Author | Died February 28, 1936 | |
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Books A War Diary in Paris, 1914-1917 | ||
John Gardner Coolidge (July 4, 1863 – February 28, 1936) was an American collector, diplomat, author, and nephew of Isabella Stewart Gardner.
From 1902 to 1906 he was a member of the Peking legation.
Coolidge was appointed Minister to Nicaragua in 1908, at a time the relationship between the United States and Nicaragua was poor, and he arrived in Managua in August. He resigned in anger when no apology was forthcoming after a demonstration, ostensibly celebrating Taft's victory in the election, was disbanded and a U.S. flag confiscated in the process, despite an effort on the part of the State Department to calm him down.
His summer home, The Stevens-Coolidge Place, is now a nonprofit museum.
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