Background
Grant, Robert John was born on November 12, 1862 in Pictou County, Nova Scoti. Son of Peter J. and Christy Ellen Grant.
United States Director of the Mint
Grant, Robert John was born on November 12, 1862 in Pictou County, Nova Scoti. Son of Peter J. and Christy Ellen Grant.
Boston Evening High School. Commercial School, Boston, Massachusetts, 1886.
Mining, Colorado and Arizona, 1889-1902, in Mexico, 1903, Australia, 1904-1905. Mine engineer and manager since 1906. Superintendent United States Mint, Denver, 1921-1923.
Director of Mint, Washington, District of Columbia, 1923-1933. Adviser Central Mint, Shanghai, China, since 1933. Executive manager United States Food Administration for Colorado, 1917-1919.
Member: American Mining and Metallurgical Institute. Masons. Clubs: Cosmos, Denver Country.
Married Leslie Hayden, June 14, 1894.