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Albert Rhodes Albert Rhodes was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1840. He was educated mainly at the academy of Elder's Ridge in the village of that name in Indiana county, Pennsylvania. He spent most of his time abroad in positions of influence and authority. He was United States consul at Jerusalem during the administration of President Johnson, consul at Rotterdam and charge d'affaires at the Hague under President Grant, and consul at Rouen, France, and at Elberfeld, Germany, from 1877 till 1885. He was a frequent contributor to American, French, and British periodicals, largely on the characteristics of life and people on the European continent. From 1885 onward he lived in Paris. His books are "Jerusalem as it Is" (London, 1867); "The French at Home" (New York. 1875); and "Monsieur at Home" (London, 1886) The French at Home More information on The French at Home |
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