James W. Gerard

James W. Gerard, American lawyer and diplomat, United States Ambassador to Germany (died 1951)

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Born: August 25, 1867
Died: September 6, 1951
Zodiac sign: Virgo
Birth year: 1867

About James W. Gerard

James Watson Gerard III was an American lawyer, diplomat, and justice of the New York Supreme Court. Gerard was of major incidental importance in the rise of Warner Brothers movie producers as his book My Four Years in Germany was the source of the Warner's first nationally syndicated film of the same name. My first eighty-three years in America: the memoirs of James W. After the sinking of the RMS Lusitania with many U.S. residents on board, on May 7, 1915, Gerard's position became more difficult.

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The world when James W. Gerard was born

James W. Gerard was born in 1867. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineUS purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million
Technology milestoneDynamite patented by Alfred Nobel
Notable inventionDynamite
World population~1.47B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderAndrew Johnson
U.S. population34.5M

1867 versus 2026

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Measure	1867	2026
Population	34.5M	341 million

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