| 词条 | Ridgway B. Knight |
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| name=Ridgway B. Knight | | image_size= | caption= | order= | title=United States Ambassador to Portugal | term_start=July 30, 1969 | term_end=February 24, 1973 | predecessor=W. Tapley Bennett Jr. | successor=Stuart Nash Scott | president=Richard Nixon | order2=44th | title2=United States Ambassador to Belgium | term_start2=June 24, 1965 | term_end2=April 16, 1969 | predecessor2=Douglas MacArthur II | successor2=John Eisenhower | president2=Lyndon B. Johnson Richard Nixon | order3= | title3=United States Ambassador to Syria | term_start3=January 11, 1962 | term_end3=May 27, 1965 | predecessor3= | successor3=Hugh H. Smythe | president3=John F. Kennedy Lyndon B. Johnson | birthname=Ridgway Brewster Knight | birth_date={{birth date|1911|06|12}} | birth_place= Paris, France | death_date= {{death date and age|2001|08|14|1911|06|12}} | death_place=Inxent, France | party= | profession= Diplomat | spouse= | children= | relations = | alma_mater= |allegiance = |branch= |serviceyears = |rank= |unit = |commands = |battles= |awards = }}Ridgway Brewster Knight (June 12, 1911 – August 14, 2001) was an American diplomat who served as Ambassador to Syria (1961–1965), Belgium (1965–1969) and Portugal (1969–1973).[1] The son of American parents living in Paris (painter Louis Aston Knight and Caroline Ridgeway Brewster), he studied and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1931.[2] Following his studies, Knight began importing French wine to the US, and in 1942 took part in organizing the US landing in Algeria.[2] Knight served as US ambassador to several countries, and later served as president of the American Club of Paris (1984–1989).[2] He got married to Christine Saint-Léger at Inxent on February 19, 1983. His grandson, Ridgway B. Knight 3rd, married Patricia Wachtell on May 30, 1987.[3] Knight died in Inxent, France, at the age of 90.[1] References1. ^1 {{cite web|accessdate=November 13, 2008|url=http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/knight.html |title=Knight, Ridgway Brewster (1911-2001) |work=Political Graveyard}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news |title=OBITUARY : Ridgway Brewster Knight, 90 |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2001/08/18/t2_12.php |publisher=International Herald Tribune |date=2001-08-18 |accessdate=2008-12-30}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}} 3. ^{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/05/31/style/patricia-wachtell-bank-executive-is-married-to-ridgway-b-knight-3d.html| title=Patricia Wachtell, Bank Executive, Is Married to Ridgway B. Knight 3d| work=The New York Times| date= May 31, 1987 }} Sources
|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/10390.htm |title=Belgium |publisher=U.S. Department of State}}
|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11147.htm |title=Portugal |publisher=U.S. Department of State}}
|url=https://www.state.gov/r/pa/ho/po/com/11286.htm |title=Syria |publisher=U.S. Department of State}}
| title = United States Ambassador to Syria | years = 1961–1965 | before = Charles W. Yost | after = Hugh H. Smythe }}{{succession box | title = United States Ambassador to Belgium | years = 1965–1969 | before = Douglas MacArthur II | after = John S. D. Eisenhower }}{{succession box | title = United States Ambassador to Portugal | before = W. Tapley Bennett Jr. | years = 1969–1973 | after = Stuart Nash Scott }}{{s-end}}{{US Ambassadors to Belgium}}{{Authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Knight, Ridgway B.}} 7 : 1911 births|2001 deaths|People from New York (state)|Harvard Business School alumni|Ambassadors of the United States to Belgium|Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal|Ambassadors of the United States to Syria |
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