What strange fate. J. Breckinridge Bayne. An american doctor on the romanian front (1916 - 1919) / Un destin ciudat. J. Breckinridge Bayne. Un doctor american pe frontul romanesc (1916-1919)

ERNEST H. LATHAM, Jr., Ph.D., American historian and diplomat. He served as the American cultural attaché in Romania between 1983 and 1987.

He is the author of the volumes Timeless and Transitory: 20th Century Relations Between Romania and the English Speaking World (Vremea Press, 2012), In Caesar's Household (Vremea Press, 2013) and of numerous articles and reviews about Romania. He edited and reintroduced Athene Palace, by Countess R. Waldeck, republished in several editions and translations. He revised, i.a., the entries on Romania for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, edition 2000. He was Fulbright Professor in Romania, at the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca and at the University of Bucharest (2000-2002).

He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Bucharest.

At the present time he teaches advanced area studies for Romania and Moldova at the Foreign Service Institute (U.S. Department of State).

ERNEST H. LATHAM, Jr., istoric si diplomat american.

A fost atasatul cultural al Statelor Unite la Bucuresti (1983-1987). Autorul volumelor Timeless and Transitory: 20th Century Relations Between Romania and the English Speaking World (Vremea, 2012) si In Caesar's Household (Vremea, 2013).

A publicat numeroase articole si recenzii privind Romania.

A readus in atentia cititorilor, cu un amplu studiu introductiv, volumul Athene Palace, de Contesa R. Waldeck (publicat apoi in mai multe limbi si editii).

A revizuit, printre altele, articolele dedicate Romaniei in Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2000. Profesor Fulbright in Romania, la Universitatea Babes-Bolyai din Cluj-Napoca si Universitatea din Bucuresti (2000-2002). Doctorat la Universitatea din Bucuresti.

in prezent sustine prelegeri despre Romania si Moldova la Institutul Diplomatic al Departamentului de Stat American.