Ridgway B. Knight: Difference between revisions

| name = Ridgway B. Knight|

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| title = [[United States Ambassador to Portugal]]

| term_start = July 30, 1969

| term_end = February 24, 1973

| predecessor = [[William Tapley Bennett Jr.|W. Tapley Bennett Jr.]]

| successor = Stuart Nash Scott

| president = [[Richard Nixon]]

| order2 = 44th

| title2 = [[United States Ambassador to Belgium]]

| term_start2 = June 24, 1965

| term_end2 = April 16, 1969

| predecessor2 = [[Douglas MacArthur II]]

| successor2 = [[John Eisenhower]]

| president2 = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]<br/>Richard Nixon

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| title3 = [[United States Ambassador to Syria]]

| term_start3 = January 11, 1962

| term_end3 = May 27, 1965

| predecessor3 =

| successor3 = [[Hugh H. Smythe]]

| president3 = [[John F. Kennedy]]<br>[[Lyndon B. Johnson]]

| birthname = Ridgway Brewster Knight

| birth_date = {{birth date|1911|06|12}}

| birth_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]

| death_date = {{death date and age|2001|08|14|1911|06|12}}

| death_place = [[Inxent]], France

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| profession = [[Diplomacy|Diplomat]]

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| alma_mater = <!--Military service-->

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The son of American parents living in [[Paris]] (painter [[Louis Aston Knight]] and Caroline Ridgeway Brewster), he studiedattended andthe [[University of Paris]] as well as [[Harvard University]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite journal |date=May 1965 |title=Envoys Selected for Belgium, Ivory Coast, The Gambia |url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112108168813&seq=301 |journal=State Department Newsletter |pages=33 |via=Hathitrust}}</ref> He graduated from [[Harvard Business School]] in 1931.<ref name=IHT>{{cite news |title=OBITUARY : Ridgway Brewster Knight, 90 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/08/18/t2_12.php |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=2001-08-18 |accessdate=2008-12-30}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>

Following his studies, Knight began importing [[French wine]] to the US. He wasalso viceserved consulas ina Casablanca,[[Major andgeneral|Major]] in 1942the took[[United part in organizing theStates Army|US landing in [[AlgeriaArmy]].<ref name="IHT"from />1943-1945.<ref name=":01">{{Cite news|title=Longtime Ambassador Ridgway Knight Dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/09/13/longtime-ambassador-ridgway-knight-dies/52ab48c6-5426-45ac-b925-99671f7392b2/}}</ref>

Knight joined the State Department in 1941.<ref name=":1" /> He was vice consul in Casablanca, and in 1942 took part in organizing the US landing in [[Algeria]].<ref name="IHT" /><ref name=":0">{{Cite news|title=Longtime Ambassador Ridgway Knight Dies|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/09/13/longtime-ambassador-ridgway-knight-dies/52ab48c6-5426-45ac-b925-99671f7392b2/}}</ref> Knight served as U.S. ambassador to several countries, and later served as president of the American Club of Paris (1984–1989).<ref name=IHT/> From 1973 to 1981, he worked for [[Chase Bank|Chase Manhattan Bank]] .<ref name=":0" />