The American historian and diplomat John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877) is best known for his outstanding history of the Dutch struggle for independence.John Lothrop Motley was born in Dorchester, Mass., ...
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John Lothrop Motley (15 April 1814-29 May 1877), historian, was one of the most prominent figures in the mid-nineteenth century "classic age" of historical writing in the United States. He was born in...
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John Lothrop Motley, Massachusetts-born historian of early modern Europe from the revolt of the Netherlands against Spain in the mid-sixteenth century until the eve of the Thirty Years War (1618-1648)...
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John Lothrop Motley's literary criticism was written and published early in his career, before he began to establish himself as the historian of the Netherlands. The criticism adds in some measure to ...
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In a memorial poem written in the year John Lothrop Motley died, William Cullen Bryant said of the New England Brahmin, diplomat, and historian: "thy glorious writings speak for thee / And in the answ...
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John Lothrop Motley
John Lothrop Motley