Background
OSBORNE, John Ball was born on June 24, 1868 in WilkesBarre. Pennsylvania. Son of Edwin S. and Ruth (Ball) Osborne.
OSBORNE, John Ball was born on June 24, 1868 in WilkesBarre. Pennsylvania. Son of Edwin S. and Ruth (Ball) Osborne.
Yale University, Bachelor of Arts, 1889, Master of Arts, 1894.
United States Consul at Ghent, Belgium, 1889-1894. Appointed assistant. secy, of Reciprocity Commission, 1897. Chief, Bureau. of Trade Relations.
Department of State, 1905-1912. Designated Honorary Commissioner General to Universal and International Exp., Brussels, 1910, Honorary Commissioner, American Exp. Berlin, 1Q10. Appointed Consul at Havre, France, 1912.
Consul General at Havre, France, 1919. Consul General at Christiania, Norway. 1919; at Genoa, Italy, 1921-1926.
At Stockholm, Sweden, since 1926.
Member: Military Order Loyal Legion. Zeta Psi. Club: University.
Spouse Bertha J. Grinnell, October 1891, New Haven, Connecticut.