Robert Ford
Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, (January 8, 1915 – April 12, 1998) was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat. Robert Ford was born in Ottawa, Ontario, the son of former London Free Press editor-in-chief and University of Western Ontario chancellor Arthur Ford, he received his B.A. in history and English in 1937 from the University of Western Ontario and a M.A. in history in 1940 from Cornell University. He joined the Department of External Affairs in 1940 and was ambassador to Colombia (1957–1959), Yugoslavia (1959–1961), United Arab Republic (1961–1963), to the USSR (1964–1980) and Mongolia (1974–1980).
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Robert Ford
- Name
- Robert Ford
- Birth Name
- Robert Arthur Douglas Ford
- Born
- 8 January 1915
- Birthplace
- Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
- Died
- 12 April 1998
- Place of death
- Vichy, France
- Occupation
- Diplomat, translator, poet
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Ford served as a special representative of Canada at the 1st Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Belgrade. In 1971 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
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Robert Ford died in Vichy, France, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek. The Bibliothèque nationale de France records the fuller form Vichy (Allier, France).
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• Name — Robert Ford • Birth Name — Robert Arthur Douglas Ford • Office1 — Canadian Ambassador to Colombia • Term Start1 — 1957 • Term End1 — 1958 • Predecessor1 — Wilfrid Bertram McCullough (Chargé d'Affaires) • Successor1 — Jean Morin • Office2 — Canadian Ambassador to Yugoslavia • Term Start2 — 1958 • Term End2 — 1961 • Predecessor2 — George Ignatieff • Successor2 — Gordon Gale Crean • Office3 — Canadian Ambassador to Egypt • Term Start3 — 1961 • Term End3 — 1964 • Predecessor3 — Arnold Cantwell Smith • Successor3 — Jean Chapdelaine • Office4 — Canadian Ambassador to Sudan • Term Start4 — 1961 • Term End4 — 1964 • Successor4 — Jean Chapdelaine • Office5 — Canadian Ambassador to the Soviet Union • Term Start5 — 1964 • Term End5 — 1980 • Predecessor5 — Arnold Cantwell Smith • Successor5 — Geoffrey Pearson • Office6 — Canadian Ambassador to Mongolia • Term Start6 — 1974 • Term End6 — 1980 • Successor6 — Geoffrey Pearson • Born — 8 January 1915 • Birthplace — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Died — 12 April 1998 • Place of death — Vichy, France • Occupation — Diplomat, translator, poet
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Robert Ford (8 January 1915 – 12 April 1998) was an ambassador. Robert Ford was born in Ottawa, Canada, according to the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
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- 1.Robert Arthur Douglass Ford fonds. Library and Archives Canada.
- 2.Rakove, Robert B. Two roads to Belgrade: the United States, Great Britain, and the first nonaligned conference. Cold War History. 14. 3. 337–357. 2014. 10.1080/14682745.2013.871528.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 12
- Window on the North, Toronto: The Ryerson Press (1956), winner of the 1956 Governor General's Award for Poetry or Drama
- The Solitary City, Toronto : McClelland & Stewart (1969)
- Holes in Space, Toronto : Hounslow Press (1979)
- Needle in the Eye, Oakville, Ontario : Mosaic Press (1983)
- Doors, Words, and Silence, Oakville, Ontario : Mosaic Press (1985)
- Russian Poetry: A Personal Anthology, Oakville, Ont.: Mosaic Press (1984)
- Dostoevsky and Other Poems, Oakville, Ont., Mosaic Press (1988)
- Our Man in Moscow,Toronto: U of Toronto P (1989)
- Diplomate et Poète à Moscou trans. SHERR, Robert (text) France: Ed. François-Luc Collignon, 1990.
- Coming from Afar, Toronto : McClelland & Stewart, 1990.
- Charles A. Ruud. The Constant Diplomat: Robert Ford in Moscow. McGill Queen University Press. September 2009. 9780773535855.
- FORD, ROBERT A.D., 1915-1998. Library and Archives Canada.
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