Francis Biddle (1886–1968)
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Fotografie: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of National Archives and Records Administration (ushmm.org)
Werken van Francis Biddle
The world's best hope; a discussion of the role of the United States in the modern world 2 exemplaren
The world's best hope : a discussion of the role of the United States in the modern world 1 exemplaar
Nuremberg Trials 1 exemplaar
THE FEAR OF FREEDOM a Comprehensive Study of the Treatment of Subversives in America, By FDR's Attorney General (1951) 1 exemplaar
The Llanfear pattern 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Officiële naam
- Biddle, Francis Beverley
- Geboortedatum
- 1886-05-06
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1968-10-04
- Graflocatie
- Christ Church, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- USA (born in France to American parents)
- Geboorteplaats
- Paris, France
- Plaats van overlijden
- Wellfleet, Massachusetts, USA
- Woonplaatsen
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Washington, D.C., USA - Opleiding
- Harvard University (AB, 1909)
Harvard Law School (LL.B., 1911) - Beroepen
- lawyer ( [1912])
public official
Cabinet member (U.S.)
United States Solicitor General (1940-1941)
United States Attorney General (1941-1945) - Relaties
- Randolph, Edmund (great-great-grandfather)
- Organisaties
- U.S. National Labor Relations Board (chairman, 1934-1935)
Federal Reserve Board (deputy chairman, 1938-1939)
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (justice, 1939-1940)
International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg (United States judge)
Americans for Democratic Action (chairman)
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A casual past door Francis Biddle
2551 A Casual Past, by Francis Biddle (read 11 Nov 1993) This is a pleasant memoir published in 1961. The author was FDR's Attorney-General for a time. But this book deals with Biddle's ancestors and his time before he became Attorney-General. He was born May 9, 1886, in Paris, of very blue-blooded Philadelphia stock. I found the genealogy fascinating, though it is only incidental. His account of his years at Groton and Harvard was most interesting. It obviously is not a significant book, but it was pleasant reading.… (meer)
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- Populariteit
- #390,572
- Waardering
- 4.3
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