Alfred J. Pearson

Alfred J. Pearson (September 29, 1869 – August 10, 1939) was a Swedish born-American educator and diplomat.

Biography Alfred John Pearson was born at Landskrona, Sweden. His family immigrated when he was an infant, eventually settling in Kansas in 1875. He graduated with an A. B. from Bethany College in Lindsborg, Kansas in 1893 and in 1896 with a M.A. He received his Ph.D. from Yale University in 1896.

Pearson was the American Minister to Poland (1924–25) and to Finland (1925–1930). He was a professor of German language and literature at Drake University, Dean of the College of Liberal Arts of Drake University from 1930 until his death in 1939.