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| Herbert Thomas Reiner Jr | |
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| Born | (1916-09-21)September 21, 1916 Brattleboro, Vermont |
| Died | December 28, 1999(1999-12-28) (aged 83) Cotuit, Massachusetts |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Diplomat |
| Known for | Capturing the assassin of Mahatma Gandhi |
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Herbert Thomas Reiner Jr, also Herbert "Tom" Reiner Jr (September 21, 1916 – December 28, 1999) was an American diplomat, who played a pivotal role in apprehending Mahatma Gandhi's assassin, Nathuram Godse, at a prayer meeting in Birla House, New Delhi, on January 30, 1948. In the brief moments after the assassination, as the attending crowd stood stunned, Reiner rushed forward, grasping Godse by the shoulders, spinning him around, and thrusting him toward some nearby policemen, an action that was reported in newspapers around the world.
Biography
Reiner was born in Brattleboro, Vermont, and raised in Lancaster, Massachusetts, graduating from Leominster High School in Leominster, Massachusetts in 1933. He attended Bates College, graduating in 1937, and subsequently received a Masters from Clark University
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Citations
- Obituary, May26 2000. sfn error: no target: CITEREFObituary,_May262000 (help)
- Obituary, May 21 2000.
- Trumbull 1948. sfn error: no target: CITEREFTrumbull1948 (help)
- The Associated Press 1948.
- Staff Writer; no by-line 1948.
- Stimpson 1948.
- Pronko & Bowles 2013, p. 343.
Works cited
- The Associated Press (February 1, 1948), "American who held killer 'Wanted to see Gandhi'", The New York Times
- Obituary, May 21 (May 21, 2000), "Herbert Reiner Jr., Diplomat, 83; Captured Gandhi's killer in 1948", The Boston Globe
{{citation}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help)CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Obituary, May 26 (May 26, 2000), "Herbert Reiner Jr.; Captured Gandhi's killer", Los Angeles Times, retrieved January 27, 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - Office of the Historian, US State Department, Herbert Reiner Jr (1916–1999)
- Pronko, N. H.; Bowles, J. W. (2013), Empirical Foundations Of Psychology, Taylor & Francis, p. 343, ISBN 978-1-136-32708-7
- Staff Writer; no by-line (February 2, 1948), "Report H. S. Graduate as first to reach and hold Gandhi assailant", Leominister Daily Tribune, Leominster, Mass, retrieved January 27, 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Stimpson, Robert, BBC (January 30, 1948), "India: The Assassination of Mahatma Gandhi", Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News Roundup, retrieved January 27, 2017
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Trumble, Robert (January 31, 1948), "Gandhi is killed by a Hindu; India shaken; World mourns; 15 die in rioting in Bombay", The New York Times