Elliott Verne Richardson

Background

Richardson, Elliott Verne was born on March 4, 1868 in Newburyport, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Review Richard Henry (Doctor of Divinity) and Elizabeth Octavia (Woodbridge) R.

Education

Preparatory education, State Model School, Trenton, New Jersey. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1888. Post-graduate work, same university and Johns Hopkins, 1889.

Career

1 son, William Allen. Newspaper work, South Africa and Sydney, Australia, until 1909. Appointed clerk American Consulate, Sydney, June 1, 1909.

Vice and deputy consul general, March 25, 1910.

Consul at Moncton, Canada, 1916-1918, Quebec, 1918-1919, Karachi, India, 1919-1922, Coblenz, Germany, 1922, Berlin, 1922-1923, Pernambuco, Brazil, 1923-1924. Special detail, economic survey of Republic of Haiti, 1924-1925.

Reassigned to Karachi, 1925.

Achievements

• Elliott Verne Richardson has been listed as a noteworthy consul by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served as volunteer United States Ship Badger, 1898, Spanish-American War. Fellow American Geography Society Presbyterian

Connections

Married Adelaide Palmer of South Africa, August 30, 1902.

Father:

Review Richard Henry Richardson

Spouse:

Adelaide Palmer of South Africa