Background
Crosby, Oscar Terry was born on April 21, 1861 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States. Son of George L. and Elizabeth (Terry) Crosby.
Crosby, Oscar Terry was born on April 21, 1861 in Ponchatoula, Louisiana, United States. Son of George L. and Elizabeth (Terry) Crosby.
Graduated from the United States Military Academy, 1882. Doctor of Laws.
Resigned from army as First lieutenant engineers, 1887. Was general superintendent Sprague Electric Railway & Motor Company. General manager railway department General Electric Company.
Experimenter in and author on electrical subjects, 1887-1896.
Was president local electric railway and lighting companies, Washington, District of Columbia, and several public utility corpn., Wilmington, Delaware, Chester, Pennsylvania, and Trenton, New Jersey Explored portions of Abyssinia and Soudan, 1900, and portions of Turkestan and Tibet, 1903. Made expedition to Borneo, 1915, to South.W. Africa, 1927.
Director Common for Relief in Belgium, having immediate charge of all work in Belgium and Northern France, 1915. Assistant secretary of Treasury in charge fiscal bureaus, 1917.
In Europe as president Inter-Ally Council on War Purchases and Finance, November 1917-March 1919.
Commander League of Honor (France). Awarded Order of the Crown (Italy), Order of the Crown (Belgium).
Member Royal Geography Society (London). Clubs: Metropolitan, Cosmos (Washington, District of Columbia).
Married Jeanne Bouligny, 1886. Children: Miriam (Countess Caracciolo), Elizabeth (deceased), Juliette (Mistress Arthur Hornblow, Junior.