Page, Walter Hines

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Page, Walter Hines 1855-1918, an American editor and diplomat, born at Cary, North Carolina. From 1896 to 1899 he was editor of the Atlantic Monthly from 1900 to 1913, editor of World's Work. In March, 1913, he was appointed ambassador to England, and by his sincere and assiduous work he gradually established himself as one of the line of great American ambassadors. He was thoroughly loyal to his country in his handling of World War problems, among which were the British claim of the right to stop and search American ships the commercial blockade 1915, and the "blacklist," containing the names of American firms with whom all financial and commercial dealings on the part of the British were forbidden 1916. He resigned as ambassador in the summer of 1918 and died a few months later.