John Lothrop Motley

John Lothrop Motley
United States Minister to the United Kingdom
In office June 18, 1869 – December 6, 1870
President	Ulysses S. Grant
Preceded by	Reverdy Johnson
Succeeded by	Robert C. Schenck
United States Minister to Austria
In office November 14, 1861 – June 14, 1867
President	Abraham Lincoln Andrew Johnson
Preceded by	Jehu Glancy Jones
Succeeded by	Henry M. Watts
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Born	John Lothrop Motley (1814-04-15)April 15, 1814 Dorchester, Massachusetts, US
Died	May 29, 1877(1877-05-29) (aged 63) Dorchester, Dorset, UK
Occupation	Historian and diplomat
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John Lothrop Motley (April 15, 1814 – May 29, 1877) was an American author and diplomat. As a popular historian, he is best known for his works on the Netherlands, the three volume work The Rise of the Dutch Republic and four volume History of the United Netherlands. As United States Minister to Austria in the service of the Abraham Lincoln administration, Motley helped to prevent European intervention on the side of the Confederates in the American Civil War. He later served as Minister to the United Kingdom (Court of St. James) during the Ulysses S. Grant administration.