Tomás Herrán

Tomás Herrán y Mosquera (September 21, 1843[1] – 1904[2]), a Colombian diplomat, signed and became a namesake of the Hay–Herrán Treaty of 1903.[3]

Tomás Herrán
BornSeptember 21, 1843, 1843 
Died1904  (aged 60–61)
Alma mater
OccupationDiplomat, academic 
Spouse(s)Laura Echeverri 
ChildrenRafael Bernando Herrán Echeverri 
Parent(s)
  • Pedro Alcántara Herrán Zaldúa 
  • Amalia Mosquera 

Herrán was the son of Pedro Alcántara Herrán and the maternal grandson of Tomás Cipriano de Mosquera, who both served as President of Colombia.[4]

Herrán graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in 1863 and an M.A. in 1868. He was awarded a Doctor of Laws by Georgetown in 1900.[5]

At the time of the Hay–Herrán Treaty, Herrán served as Colombian chargé d'affaires in the United States of America. Herrán's papers were later published as The Letters of Tomás Herrán and the Panama Crisis, 1900–1903, edited by Thomas J. Dodd, Jr.[6]

References
  1. Herrán, Tomás; Dodd, Thomás J. (1985). La crisis de Panamá: cartas de Tomás Herrán, 1900–1904 (in Spanish). Banco de la República. p. 19. ISBN 978-958-9028-16-2.
  2. Diccionario biográfico y genealógico de la élite antioqueña y viejocaldense. Segunda mitad del siglo XIX y primera del XX (in Spanish). Javier Mejía Cubillos. p. 108. ISBN 978-958-57364-0-5.
  3. "Acquisition of the Panama Canal". The Historical Text Archive. Donald J. Mabry. 2001. Retrieved December 17, 2014.
  4. Morrissey, Thomas E. (2009-10-06). Donegan and the Panama Canal. Xlibris Corporation. p. 100. ISBN 978-1-4628-3263-7.
  5. "Thomas Herrán (B.A. 1863, M.A. 1868, LL.D. 1900)". Georgetown University Library.
  6. "Thomas J. Dodd - Former U.S. Ambassador to Uruguay". U.S. Department of State. Retrieved December 17, 2014.


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