H. H. Wrong
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Humphrey Hume Wrong (b Toronto 10 September 1894 - d Ottawa 24 January 1954) was a Canadian diplomat and Canada's ambassador the United States.
Grandson of Edward Blake and son of historian George Wrong, Hume Wrong was a graudate of the University of Toronto where he joined the Kappa Alpha Society, and served briefly in the British Expeditionary Force shortly after. He later went to Oxford and became a history professor at the University of Toronto in 1921.
He was first secretary in the new Canadian legation in Washington DC and served in the League of Nations. In 1938 he represented Canada at the Evian Conference. Wrong went to Washington as ambassador in 1946 and held the post till 1953. He was involved in day-to-day negotiation of the North Atlantic Treaty, which would give rise to NATO. He was named undersecretary to NATO, but died before he could take up the post.
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| Preceded by Lester Pearson |
Canadian Ambassador to the United States of America 1946-1953 |
Succeeded by Arnold Heeney |
