Heruy Wolde Selassie (1878-1938), an Ethiopian historian and foreign minister
Blatten Geta Heruy Welde Sellase (Ge'ez: ብላቴን ጌታ ኅሩይ ወልደ ሥላሴ Blatten-Geta Həruy Wäldä-səllase; 8 May 1878 – 19 September 1938) was an Ethiopian diplomat who was Foreign Minister of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1936 and a writer in Amharic. Bahru Zewde observes that his career "stands out as the great success story ... of the early twentieth-century intellectuals," then continues, "His prolific literary record, his influence with Tafari-Hayla-Sellase and his ascent in the bureaucratic hierarchy were all characterized by an unchequered progression.[1] Edward Ullendorff concurs in this evaluation, describing his oeuvre as "a considerable and distinguished literary output."[2]
John Spencer, who met Heruy in early 1936, described him as "a short, rotund, white-haired man ... with a goatee and a café au lait complexion. His corpulent build and backward-leaning stance suggested a Santa Claus, except for his black cape and the absence of a sparkle in his eyes. He was remarkably ponderous and deliberate (qunin), in his movements, perhaps reflecting the importance which he assigned to his position as foreign minister and to the reputation which he had earned among Ethiopians for his writings on Ethiopian history."[3]
^Bahru Zewde, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia (Oxford: James Currey, 2002), p. 70
^Ullendorff, The Ethiopians: An Introduction to the Country and People, second edition (London: Oxford University Press, 1960), p. 156
^John Spencer, Ethiopia at Bay: A personal account of the Haile Selassie years (Algonac: Reference Publications, 1984), p. 14
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