John Lothrop Motley
American historian and diplomat who wrote on the Netherlands.
His historical books were popular in Britain and the United States, selling tens of thousands of copies.[1] He served as a U.S. minister and authored works on Dutch history.[2][3]
Quick Facts
- Office
- 24th United States Minister to the United Kingdom
- Took office
- June 18, 1869
- Left office
- December 6, 1870
- President
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Predecessor
- Reverdy Johnson
- Successor
- Robert C. Schenck
- Born
- 15 April 1814
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
He studied German language and literature at Göttingen during 1832–1833, becoming a lifelong friend of Otto von Bismarck.[4] He published a novel anonymously in 1839 titled Morton's Hope, based on his German university experiences.[5] In 1802, Thomas Motley relocated to Boston and, together with his brother Edward, founded a prominent commission house.[6] Motley was a student at Round Hill School and Boston Latin School; he entered Harvard when he was 13 and completed his studies there in 1831.[6]
At Frederick William University in Berlin, Motley and Bismarck pursued civil law studies together.[7] Motley took up a post as secretary of legation in St. Petersburg in 1841 but left it after about three months.[8]
What the cited sources add
The 1874 book The Life and Death of John of Barneveld was published in New York by Harper & brothers.[9] The University of California Libraries holds a copy of this work, which has no visible notice of copyright.[9] The book's metadata records list its subjects as Johan van Oldenbarnevelt and the Thirty Years' War.[9]
References
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Edwards, 1982, p. 173. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Motley, John Lothrop". Encyclopædia Britannica. (11th ed. 1911). 18:909–910. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Former U.S. ambassadors to Austria", U.S. Embassy in Vienna (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Guide Book To New England Travel", 1919; Clarke, "Mid-Century Memories of Dedham", 1903 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Steinberg (2011), pp. 39–41; "The Lowthorp Family History", freepages.rootsweb.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sensabaugh, "Motley's Vienna Mission", The Southwestern Social Science Quarterly, 1935, p. 29–44 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Sommers, 2017.; "Motley, John Lothrop". Encyclopædia Britannica. (11th ed. 1911). 18:909–910. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "John Lothrop Motley" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Motley, John Lothrop". Encyclopædia Britannica. (11th ed. 1911). 18:909–910.; "APS Member History", search.amphilsoc.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Motley, "The life and death of John of Barneveld, advocate of Holland; with a view of the primary causes and movements of the thirty years' war", New York : Harper & brothers, July 8, 1874. facts only, no text reused. archive.org
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