Background
PALMER, Ely Eliot was born on November 29, 1887 in Providence, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George Frederick and Martha Josephine (Hunt) Palmer.
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Ely Eliot PALMER
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Brown University, Bachelor of Arts, 1908. University of Paris (Sorbonne) 1 year. George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, M. Dip., 1910.
Career
1 son, George Eliot. Assigned duty Department of State, Washington, December 1910. With American Embassy, Mexico City, 1911-1912. Vice and deputy consul general, Paris, 1913-1915.
With Department of State, 1915-1916. Consul, Madrid, Spain, 1916-1921, Bucharest, Rumania, 1921-1926. Consul general, Bucharest, 1926-1929, Vancouver, B.C., 1929-1933, Jerusalem, Palestine, 1933-1935.
Counselor of legation and consul general at Ottawa, 1935-1938. Consul general, Beirut, Syria, 1938-1941, Sydney, Australia, 1941-1944. Became minister to Afghanistan, October 1944, ambassador, 1948.
Politics
Every Christian should seek to bring industry, government, and society as a whole under the sway of the principles of righteousness, truth, and brotherly love.
Views
Baptist Churches should organize delegations to different ecumenical conferences throughout the world and actively participate in the global inter-religious dialogues.
Membership
Member: Zeta Psi; Pi Kappa. Clubs: Zeta Psi (N.Y.City), Vancouver (Vancouver, B.C.).
Connections
Spouse Eno Ham Johnson, June, 1913, Paris, France.
