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| Motley, John Lothrop. Hon. LL.D., 1861. [S. of Thomas, merchant, of Boston, Mass., and Anna Lothrop, dau. of the Minister of the Old North Church, Boston. B. Apr. 15, 1814]. American historian and diplomatist. B.A. Harvard College; LL.D. Harvard, 1860; Hon. D.C.L., Oxford, 1860. Secretary of the American Legation at St Petersburg, 1841. United States Minister at Vienna, 1861-7; at St James, 1869-71. Married, Mar. 2, 1837, Mary Benjamin, and had issue. Author, The Rise of the Dutch Republic; The Life and Death of John of Barnveld, Advocate of Holland, etc. Died from an apoplectic stroke at the home of one of his married daughters in England, May 29, 1877. (Al. Oxon.; Dict. of American Biography, XIII. 282-7.) | John Lothrop MOTLEY Approx. lifespan: 1814–1877 Hon.LLD 1861 s. of Thomas MOTLEY merchant, of Boston, Massachusetts , [ USA ], , and Anna Lothrop dau. of the Minister of: : Old North Church, Old North, Boston, [Massachusetts], [ USA ], b. 1814:04:15 American historian and diplomatist. BA ((sch) )) Sch: Harvard College Harvard, [Massachusetts], [ USA ], LLD ((pl) )) Harvard, [Massachusetts], [ USA ], 1860 Hon. < > DCL , OX 1860 Sec. of: : American Legation St Petersburg, [Russia], 1841 United States Minister at: : Vienna, [Austria], 1861-7 ;at St James, [London], 1869-71 m. 1837:03:02,Mary Benjamin. had issue Publ.: The Rise of the Dutch Republic; The Life and Death of John of Barnveld, Advocate of: : Holland etc. d. from an apoplectic stroke at the home of one of his married daughters in England 1877:05:29 ( Al. Oxon.; Dict. of American Biography, XIII . 282-7) |