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Wilson (HENRY LANE an American)

HENRY LANE, an American diplomat, born in Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1857. He was educated at Wabash College and received the degree of Ph. D. from the National University of Chile, in 1911. From 1882 to 1885 he editor of the Lafayette (Ind.) was "Journal," and from 1885 to 1896 he was engaged in the practice of law and in banking in Spokane, Wash. In 1889 he was appointed minister to Venezuela, by President Harrison, but declined. From 1897 to 1905 he was United States minister to Chile, and from 1905 to 1910 United States minister to Belgium. Appointed ambassador to Turkey in 1909, he was transferred to Mexico before taking charge, serving in the latter country from 1909 to 1913, when he resigned. ing