Bancroft, Edgar Addison (1857-1925)

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Edgar Addison Bancroft to Jane Addams, February 23, 1910

Alfred Landon Baker et al. to Eric Gustaf Alexander Julihn, March 18, 1910

Edgar Addison Bancroft to Jane Addams, December 10, 1924

Hull-House 1889-1909, 1909

Harold LeClair Ickes to Jane Addams, January 9, 1919

Jane Addams and Louise de Koven Bowen to Edgar Addison Bancroft, June 13, 1916

Jane Addams and Louise de Koven Bowen to Edgar Addison Bancroft, June 17, 1916

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Birth Date

1857-11-20

Death Date

1925-07-27

Birthplace

Galesburg, IL

Biographical Text

Edgar Addison Bancroft was a lawyer and a diplomat. He attended Knox College and Columbia University Law School, later working as a lawyer in Chicago. He was president of both the Illinois State Bar Association and the Chicago Bar Association. He was also a former resident of Hull-House, and in 1910 was a member of Hull-House's Finance Committee. From 1924 to 1925, Bancroft served as the United States Ambassador to Japan.

Bancroft married Margaret Healey in 1896. Bancroft died in 1925.

Occupation

Ambassador

Diplomat

Lawyer

Source

1923 photograph from the U.S, Passport Applications.

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People

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Uprety, Utkarsh

Lichon, Sara Catherine

Rights

Public domain

Gender

Male

First appears

1910

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“Bancroft, Edgar Addison (1857-1925),” Jane Addams Digital Edition, accessed July 26, 2024, https://mail.digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu/items/show/2685.