1. Lewis Einstein was the only son of wool magnate David Lewis Einstein and, his wife, Caroline Einstein.
17 Facts About Lewis Einstein
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Lewis Einstein graduated from Columbia University in 1898, and earned a master's degree in 1899.
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Lewis Einstein paid special attention to the massacres of Armenians and wrote about it extensively throughout the diary.
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Lewis Einstein described the events and stated that "the policy of murder then carried out was planned in the coldest blood" in the preface of his diary.
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Lewis Einstein blamed the cooperative pact between Germany and the Ottoman Empire as the supportive and responsible agents behind the massacres.
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Lewis Einstein pointed out that the stockpiles of armaments that was used as a justification for the arrests was in fact a "myth".
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Lewis Einstein served as the United States Diplomatic Representative, with responsibility for looking after British interests, in Sofia, Bulgaria from October 1915 to June 1916.
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Lewis Einstein provided asylum in his hotel rooms and prevented the arrest of the British vice consul.
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Lewis Einstein succeeded in "a game of hide and seek" with the authorities to get considerable improvement in the treatment and the condition of British prisoners of war.
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On October 8,1921, Warren Harding appointed Lewis Einstein to replace Richard Crane as the United States Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Czechoslovakia.
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Lewis Einstein was recommended by Senators Wadsworth and William M Calder.
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Lewis Einstein presented his credentials on December 20,1921, and held the position until he left his post on February 1,1930.
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Lewis Einstein was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
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Lewis Einstein was disinherited by his father after marrying Ralli, except for a sum of $125,000.
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Lewis Einstein died at his home in Paris, France, on December 2,1967, and was buried at Pere Lachaise Cemetery in Paris.
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Lewis Einstein engaged in a longtime correspondence with Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
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Lewis Einstein was general editor of the Humanists' Library, published by Merrymount Press.