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Charles Ritchie
Charles Stewart Almon Ritchie (September 23, 1906 - June 7, 1995) was a Canadian diplomat and diarist.
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was Canada’s ambassador to West Germany (1954-1958), Permanent Representative to the United Nations (1958-1962), ambassador to the United States during the presidencies of John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson (1962-1966), ambassador to the North Atlantic Council (1966-1967) and from 1967 to 1971 was High Commissioner for Canada in London.
In 1969 he was made a Companion of the Order of Canada. He has received honourary doctorates Trent University (1976), York University (1992) and Carleton University (1992).
Selecetd works
- The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945 (ISBN 0-7710-7526-X), winner of the 1974 Governor General's Awards
- An Appetite for Life
- Diplomatic Passport
- Storm Signals
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