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Carl Jacob Burckhardt

1891 - 1974

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Carl Jacob Burckhardt (September 10, 1891 – March 3, 1974) was a Swiss diplomat and historian. His career alternated between periods of academic historical research and diplomatic postings; the most prominent of the latter were League of Nations High Commissioner for the Free City of Danzig (1937–39) and President of the International Committee of the Red Cross (1945–48). While serving as High Commissioner for Danzig, Burckhardt sought to avoid escalation of tensions between Nazi Germany and Poland into open military conflict. Unlike his predecessor, who had been removed as High Commissioner at Germany's insistence because he sought to protect Danzig's Jewish community, Burckhardt tried to cultivate relations with the "moderate" Nazi leaders of Danzig while blaming the Polish government for taking too uncompromising a stand against German demands that Danzig be returned to Germany. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Carl Jacob Burckhardt is the 47th most popular diplomat, the 258th most popular biography from Switzerland (up from 277th in 2019) and the most popular Swiss Diplomat.

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Among DIPLOMATS

Among diplomats, Carl Jacob Burckhardt ranks 47 out of 90. Before him are Mikhail Borodin, Richard Holbrooke, Friedrich Martens, Martin Luther, Amr Moussa, and Richard Armitage. After him are Ralph Bunche, Saburō Kurusu, Damião de Góis, Victoria Nuland, Ambrogio Contarini, and Selahattin Ülkümen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Carl Jacob Burckhardt ranks 102. Before him are Shizo Kanakuri, Danilo Ilić, Abram Samoilovitch Besicovitch, Maria Skobtsova, Fred Kelly, and Carl W. Stalling. After him are Sultan al-Atrash, Ronald Colman, Béla Imrédy, Ahmad bin Yahya, Alfred Meyer, and Evgeny Pashukanis. Among people deceased in 1974, Carl Jacob Burckhardt ranks 89. Before him are Roberto Assagioli, Princess Patricia of Connaught, Wang Ming, Ed Sullivan, Jan Tschichold, and Fred Kelly. After him are Konstantin Melnikov, Yevgeny Vuchetich, Georgios Grivas, Maximilian de Angelis, Werner Lorenz, and Rosario Castellanos.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Carl Jacob Burckhardt ranks 258 out of 1,015. Before him are Ludwig Senfl (1486), Alfred Escher (1819), Heinrich Glarean (1488), Carl Lutz (1895), Lucien Favre (1957), and Hans-Rudolf Merz (1942). After him are Heinz Holliger (1939), Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf (1956), Prince Sixtus of Bourbon-Parma (1886), Bertha Wegmann (1847), Henri Schwery (1932), and Wiborada (900).

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Among DIPLOMATS In Switzerland

Among diplomats born in Switzerland, Carl Jacob Burckhardt ranks 1. After him are Prince Nikolaus of Liechtenstein (1947), and Peter Maurer (1956).

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