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Tower (CHARLEMAGNE an American)

CHARLEMAGNE, an American diplomatist; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 17, 1848; was graduated at Harvard University in 1872, and admitted to the bar in 1878. He acquired large business interests and became an officer and director in several corporations; and was identified with the Academy of Natural Sciences and other similar organizations. In 1897 he was appointed United States minister to Austria-Hungary, and in January, 1899, was made ambassador to Russia. Ambassador to Germany, 1902-1908. He_is the author of "The Marquis de La Fayette in the American Revolution" (2 vols. 1895).