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- Birth nameJan Garrigue Masaryk
- Jan Masaryk was born on September 14, 1886 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was a writer and actor, known for It Started at Midnight (1943) and Bratislavské rozprávky (1991). He was married to Frances Crane Leatherbee. He died on March 10, 1948 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].
- SpouseFrances Crane Leatherbee(1924 - 1931) (divorced)
- With his father, Tomás Garrigue Masaryk, helped establish the independent Czechoslovak Republic following WWI.
- Held many posts in Czechoslovakia's government, including foreign minister.
- Czechoslovak Ambassador to UK (1925-1938).
- Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia (1940-1948).
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