Garrett Droppers

{{Short description|American academic and diplomat}}

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| name = Garrett Droppers

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| image = Garrett Droppers LCCN2014696986 (cropped).jpg

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| ambassador_from = United States

| country = Greece

| term_start = {{Start date|1914|10|09}}

| term_end = {{Death date|1920|04|16}}

| predecessor = George F. Williams

| successor = Edward Capps

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| ambassador_from2 = United States

| country2 = Montenegro

| term_start2 = {{Start date|1914|11|20}}

| term_end2 = {{Death date|1918|12|04}}U.S. Department of State. (n.d.). [https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/droppers-garrett "Garrett Droppers (1860–1927)"]. U.S. Department of State. Retrieved May 10, 2022.

| predecessor2 = George F. Williams

| successor2 = Roderick W. Moore

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1860|04|12}}

| birth_place = Milwaukee, Wisconsin

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1927|07|07|1860|04|12}}

| death_place = Williamstown, Massachusetts

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| party = Democratic Party

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| alma_mater = Harvard University

| occupation =

| profession = Academic, diplomat

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Garrett Droppers (April 12, 1860 – July 7, 1927) was an academic and diplomat from the United States.

Biography

Droppers was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin to John and Gertrude Droppers on April 12, 1860.{{Cite web|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/driver-dryzga.html#RJU0PBFJK|title = The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Drisdale to Dsouza}} He graduated from Harvard University.{{Cite web|url=http://libguides.usd.edu/garrett|title = LibGuides: Garrett Droppers: Overview}} He first married Cora Rand, who died in 1896, and later married Jean Tewkesbury Rand in 1897.

From 1898 to 1906, he served as president of the University of South Dakota. In 1912, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. Droppers was appointed by Woodrow Wilson as U.S. Ambassador to Greece and Montenegro from 1914 to 1920.

Garrett Droppers died on July 7, 1927, in Williamstown, Massachusetts.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118184238/prof-droppers-of-williamstown-dies/ |title=Prof Droppers of Williamstown Dies |newspaper=The Boston Globe |location=Williamstown |agency=AP |page=9 |date=1927-07-07 |access-date=2023-02-07 |via=Newspapers.com}}

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