Felix Cole

Felix Cole (1887 – July 23, 1969) was an American diplomat who served as the United States Ambassador to Ethiopia and Ceylon.

Prior to his service as an ambassador he served as a consul in Russia, Romania, Australia, Poland, Latvia, French Algeria, and Liberia.

After graduating from George Washington University Law School he started working for the Boston Herald.

[1][2][3] On October 10, 1915, he married Tataiana Zakushniak, a Russian dancer, while serving as the United States consul in Petrograd, Russia, and had one child with her before he filed for divorce in 1926.

[1] On July 23, 1969, Cole died either at home or at the Mountainside Medical Center in Montclair, New Jersey.