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Edwin Lefevre

Journalist and writer whose Reminiscences of a Stock Operator (1923) remains a Wall Street classic a century on

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Edwin Lefèvre was appointed an Ambassador of the United States by President Howard Taft in 1909, serving in posts in a number of countries, including Italy, France, and Spain. At the end of his diplomatic career in 1913, Lefévre returned to his home in Vermont where he resumed his literary work, writing novels and contributing short stories for magazines such as The Saturday Evening Post and McClure's.

Born1871 · Colón, Panama

Notable works Reminiscences of a Stock Operator

It never was my thinking that made the big money for me. It always was my sitting.— Reminiscences of a Stock Operator