David Jayne Hill
| David Jayne Hill | |
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| 24th United States Assistant Secretary of State | |
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In office October 25, 1898 – January 28, 1903 |
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| Preceded by | John Bassett Moore |
| Succeeded by | Francis Loomis |
| United States Ambassador to Germany | |
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In office June 14, 1908 – September 2, 1911 |
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| President |
Theodore Roosevelt William Howard Taft |
| Preceded by | Charlemagne Tower |
| Succeeded by | John G. A. Leishman |
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June 10, 1850 Plainfield, New Jersey, U.S. |
| Died | March 2, 1932 (aged 81) Washington, D.C. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Amelia Liddell Juliet Lewis Packer |
| Profession | Author University President Diplomat |
| Religion | Baptist |
Rev. David Jayne Hill (June 10, 1850 – March 2, 1932) was an American academic, diplomat and author.
The son of Baptist minister David T. Hill, David Jayne Hill was born in Plainfield, New Jersey, on June 10, 1850. He graduated from Bucknell University in 1874 and served at Bucknell as professor of rhetoric from 1877 to 1879. In 1878 he received his Master of Arts degree, and he was a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society. He also undertook graduate studies at the University of Berlin and the University of Paris.
In 1879 Hill received his ordination and was appointed Bucknell's president.
From 1888 to 1896, he was president of the University of Rochester. In 1888 and 1897 he studied at the Ecole Libre des Sciences Politiques in Paris.
In 1900 he received an honorary Docteur es Lettres from the University of Geneva. He received an honorary LL.D. from Colgate University in 1884, and he received additional honorary degrees from Union University (1902), and the University of Pennsylvania (1902).
He was later a professor of European diplomacy at the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy.
Hill began a diplomatic career when he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1898, serving to 1903.
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