Значение слова MOTLEY в Литературной энциклопедии

JOHN LOTHROP (1814-1877).-Historian, _b._ at Dorchester, a suburb of Boston, Massachusetts, was _ed._ at Harvard, where O.W. Holmes (_q.v._), afterwards his biographer, was a fellow-student. After graduating he went to Europe, studied at Goettingen and Berlin, and visited Italy. On his return he studied law, and was admitted to the Bar in 1837. He did not, however, practise, and was in 1840 sent to St. Petersburg as Sec. of Legation. Meanwhile, having _pub._ two novels, _Morton's Hope_ and _Merry Mount_, which had little success, he turned to history, and attracted attention by some essays in various reviews. Having decided to write an historical work on Holland, he proceeded in 1851 to Europe to collect materials, and in 1856 _pub._ _The Rise of the Dutch Republic_. It was received with the highest approval by such critics as Froude and Prescott, and at once took its place as a standard work. It was followed in 1860 by the first two vols. of _The United Netherlands_. The following year M. was appointed Minister at Vienna, and in 1869 at London. His latest works were a _Life of Barneveldt_, the Dutch statesman, and _A View of ... the Thirty Years' War_. M. holds a high place among historical writers both on account of his research and accuracy, and his vivid and dramatic style, which shows the influence of Carlyle.