NameLewis David (David) Einstein
Birth15 Mar 1877, New York, USA
Death4 Dec 1967
OccupationUS Diplomat.
Note 1U.S. Minister to Costa Rica 1911, Czechoslovakia 1921-30. Jewish. Member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Sons of the Revolution. See his memoirs in the 1960s: ‘A Diplomat Looks Back’. When in Turkey he served as secretary to John Leishman.
Note 2A celebrated observer and commentator on world politics who predicted WWI in a much quoted article published in Britain nearly two years before the war started. His 50-year correspondence with his friend Oliver W. Holmes has been published.
Note 3He married Hélène against his father’s wishes and, according to press reports, thus only received a $125,000 allowance instead of a ten times larger share in his father’s ca. $4 million estate.
FatherDavid L. Einstein (?-?)
MotherCatherine Fatman (?-?)