Background
Breck, Edward was born on July 31, 1861 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Lieutenant Commander Joseph Berry and Ellen Frances (Newell) Breck.
Breck, Edward was born on July 31, 1861 in San Francisco, California, United States. Son of Lieutenant Commander Joseph Berry and Ellen Frances (Newell) Breck.
Educated Oberlin College, Amherst, university of Cambridge, Munich, and Leipsic. Master of Arts and Doctor of Philisophy, University of Leipsic, 1887. Diploma United States Naval War College ( correspondent course).
Was editor and literature adviser Estes & Lauriat, publications, Boston. Editor in chief of Life, London, 1890-1892. Berlin correspondent New York Herald and New York Times.
Vice consul general, Berlin, 1895-1896.
Assistant to the United States naval attache Berlin, during war with Spain. Volunteered to go to Spain as secret agent, and operated there till close of war, status of the United States officer
Lecturer on naval subjects, 1914-1916. Lieutenant commander United States Naval Reserve Force, February 13, 1917.
In secret service until March 1918.
Then appointed United States naval attache to Portugal. Executive of history section Navy Department, 1919-1922. Officially retired from United States Naval Reserve Force, on account of age, as honorary lieutenant commander, July 31, 1925.
Temporary editor Living Age, 1923.
Married Mission A. Wagner von Kleeblatt, 1889. Married second, Mary Louise Stanley, 1923. Children: Ellen Frances (Mistress F. F. Macnee), Margaret Adele (Mistress H. F. Miller), Josephine Leslie.