Robert Ford

• 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 — 1915 01 08 • Birthplace — Ottawa, Ontario, Canada • Died — 1998 04 12 • Place of death — Vichy, France • Occupation — Diplomat, translator, poet Robert Arthur Douglas Ford, (January 8, 1915 – April 12, 1998) was a Canadian poet, translator and diplomat. 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). 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.