Philip K. Crowe

{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Philip K. Crove

| image = PhilipKCroweUSEmbassyOslo.jpg

| ambassador_from1 = United States

| country1 = Ceylon

| term_start1 = September 19, 1953

| term_end1 = September 27, 1956

| predecessor1 = Maxwell Henry Gluck

| successor1 = Lampton Berry

| president1 = Dwight D. Eisenhower

| ambassador_from2 = United States

| country2 = South Africa

| term_start2 = April 22, 1959

| term_end2 = April 6, 1961

| predecessor2 = Henry A. Byroade

| successor2 = Joseph C. Satterthwaite

| president2 = Dwight D. Eisenhower

| ambassador_from3 = United States

| country3 = Norway

| term_start3 = June 23, 1969

| term_end3 = August 31, 1973

| predecessor3 = Margaret Joy Tibbetts

| successor3 = Thomas Ryan Byrne

| president3 = Richard Nixon

| ambassador_from4 = United States

| country4 = Denmark

| term_start4 = September 13, 1973

| term_end4 = September 27, 1975

| predecessor4 = Fred J. Russell

| successor4 = John Gunther Dean

| president4 = Richard Nixon

| birth_name = Philip Kingsland Crowe

| birth_date = {{birth date|1908|1|7}}

| birth_place = New York City, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11|16|1908|1|7}}

| death_place = Washington, D.C., U.S.

| alma_mater =

| spouse = {{marriage|Suzanne Noregaard|1936}}

| children = 1

}}

Philip Kingsland Crowe (January 7, 1908 – November 16, 1976) was an American journalist, writer, intelligence officer and diplomat.

Career

Crowe was a journalist at the New York Evening Post, traveled in French Indochina and ran big game hunt before working on ads in the magazines Life and Fortune. During World War II, he worked in the Office of Strategic Services where he was the secret intelligence officer in charge of an area, covering China, Burma and India.{{Cite web |date=2015-07-24 |title=Former Ambassadors {{!}} Embassy of the United States Oslo, Norway |url=https://norway.usembassy.gov/1969-1973-crowe.html |access-date=2025-03-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724022513/https://norway.usembassy.gov/1969-1973-crowe.html |archive-date=24 July 2015 }}

= Diplomat =

He joined the U.S. Foreign Service in 1948. Crowe was U.S. Ambassador to Ceylon from 1953 to 1958 and in South Africa from 1959 to 1961. In 1969, he was appointed Ambassador to Norway and served until August 31, 1973. Following the ambassador period in Norway, Crowe was ambassador in Denmark from 1973 to 1975.{{Cite web |title=Philip Kingsland Crowe - People - Department History - Office of the Historian |url=https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/crowe-philip-kingsland |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250226184254/https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/crowe-philip-kingsland |archive-date=2025-02-26 |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=history.state.gov |language=en}}

= Author =

He published several books on outdoor recreation, ethic conservation and his time as a diplomat.{{Cite web |title=Crowe Philip Kingsland - AbeBooks |url=https://www.abebooks.com/book-search/author/crowe-philip-kingsland/ |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=www.abebooks.com |language=en}}