Claude Gernade Bowers

1878–1958 (age 80)

Historian and diplomat

Biography

Claude Gernade Bowers was both a passionate historian and a respected diplomat, sharing his love for American history through bestselling works and representing the United States abroad as ambassador to Chile and Spain.

His vivid storytelling helped readers connect with the ideals of democracy while his friends remember a man eager to give voice to the forgotten chapters of the past, resting now at Highland Lawn Cemetery.

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