Robert Ford (Canadian diplomat)
Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, CC (January 8, 1915 – April 12, 1998) was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat.
Robert Ford | |
|---|---|
| Canadian Ambassador to Colombia | |
| In office 1957–1958 | |
| Preceded by | Wilfrid Bertram McCullough (Chargé d'Affaires) |
| Succeeded by | Jean Morin |
| Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia | |
| In office 1958–1961 | |
| Preceded by | George Ignatieff |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Gale Crean |
| Canadian Ambassador to Egypt | |
| In office 1961–1964 | |
| Preceded by | Arnold Cantwell Smith |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Marc Antoine Jean Chapdelaine |
| Canadian Ambassador to Sudan | |
| In office 1961–1964 | |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Marc Antoine Jean Chapdelaine |
| Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1964–1980 | |
| Preceded by | Arnold Cantwell Smith |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Pearson |
| Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia | |
| In office 1974–1980 | |
| Succeeded by | Geoffrey Pearson |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Robert Arthur Douglas Ford January 8, 1915 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Died | April 12, 1998 (aged 83) Vichy, France |
| Occupation | Diplomat, translator, poet |
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former London Free Press Editor-in Chief and University of Western Ontario Chancellor Arthur Ford, he received his B.A. in history and English in 1937 from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. in history in 1940 from Cornell University. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940 and was Ambassador to Colombia (1957 – 1959), Yugoslavia (1959 – 1961), United Arab Republic (1961 – 1963), and to the USSR (1964 – 1980).
In 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
Bibliography
- Window on the North, Toronto: The Ryerson Press (1956), winner of the 1956 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama
- The Solitary City, Toronto : McClelland & Stewart (1969)
- Holes in Space, Toronto : Hounslow Press (1979)
- Needle in the Eye, Oakville, Ontario : Mosaic Press(1983)
- Doors, Words, and Silence, Oakville, Ontario : Mosaic Press(1985)
- Russian Poetry: A Personal Anthology, Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press (1984)
- Dostoevsky and Other Poems, Oakville, Ont., Mosaic Press (1988)
- Our Man in Moscow,Toronto: U of Toronto P (1989)
- Diplomate et Poète à Moscou trans. SHERR, Robert (text) France: Ed. François-Luc Collignon, 1990.
- Coming from Afar, Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1990.
Further reading
- Charles A. Ruud (September 2009). The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow. McGill Queen University Press. ISBN 9780773535855.
References
- "FORD, ROBERT A.D., 1915-1998". Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 31, 2005.
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