Eugene Schuyler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Eugene Schuyler

American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat

Date of Birth: 26-Feb-1840

Place of Birth: Ithaca, New York, United States

Date of Death: 16-Jul-1890

Profession: writer, diplomat, translator, journalist, explorer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Eugene Schuyler (Ithaca, New York, February 26, 1840 – Venice, Italy, July 16, 1890) was a nineteenth-century American scholar, writer, explorer and diplomat.
Schuyler was one of the first three Americans to earn a Ph.D.
from an American university; and the first American translator of Ivan Turgenev and Lev Tolstoi.
He was the first American diplomat to visit Russian Central Asia, and as American Consul General in Constantinople he played a key role in publicizing Turkish atrocities in Bulgaria in 1876 during the April Uprising.
He was the first American Minister to Romania and Serbia, and U.S.
Minister to Greece.