David Jayne Hill
David Jayne Hill, an American diplomat and historian, born in Plainfield, N. J., in 1850. He was educated at Bucknell University, from which he graduated in 1874, served as professor of rhetoric in this institution from 1877 to 1879, and was for the eight years following its president. From 1888 to 1896 he was president of the University of Rochester. After several years spent in Europe in the study of international law and diplomacy he was appointed Assistant Secretary of State in 1898, serving to 1903. He was appointed United States Minister to Switzerland in the latter year. Two years later he was appointed Minister to Holland. From 1908 to 1911 he was Ambassador to Germany. He was an unsuccessful candidate for the United States Senate in 1914. He served for a time as professor of European diplomacy in the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy at Washington and was a member of the Permanent Administrative Council of The Hague Tribunal. During the progress of the World War, and especially after the participation of the United States, he wrote much in criticism of the attitude of the Democratic administration toward the war. In July, 1920 he was chairman of the Republican State Convention in New York. He wrote much on historical and literary subjects. Among his writings are: "Life of Washington Irving" (1879); "The Contemporary Development of Diplomacy" (1904); "World Organization as Affected by the Nature of the Modern State" (1911); "A History of Diplomacy in the International Development of Europe" (1905–1914); "Rebuilding of Europe" (1917).
