Frederic Jesup Stimson
{{Short description|American diplomat (1855–1943)}}
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| name = Frederic Jesup Stimson
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| image = Portrait of Frederic Jesup Stimson.jpg
| alt = Black and white portrait of a man with full beard, about 56, dressed in a three-piece suit with a bowtie.
| order = 21st
| ambassador_from = United States
| country = Argentina
| term_start = January 8, 1915
| term_end = April 21, 1921
| predecessor = John W. Garrett
| successor = John W. Riddle
| president = Woodrow Wilson
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1855|07|20}}
| birth_place = Dedham, Massachusetts
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1943|11|19|1855|07|20}}
| death_place = Dedham, Massachusetts
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| resting_place = Old Village Cemetery
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| party = Democratic
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| spouse = {{Plainlist|
- {{Marriage|Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot|June 2, 1881|1896|end=d.}}
- {{Marriage|Mabel Ashhurst|November 12, 1902}}
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| children = {{Plainlist|
- Mildred Stimson
- Margaret "Lorna" Stimson
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| education = Harvard University (A.B., LL.B., LL.D.)
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| profession = Writer, lawyer, diplomat
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Frederic Jesup Stimson (July 20, 1855 – November 19, 1943) was an American writer and lawyer, who served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921.
Career
Stimson was a Harvard Law graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a novelist specializing in historical romances, sometimes writing under the pen name "J.S. of Dale".
Stimson served as the United States Ambassador to Argentina from 1915 to 1921. He was the first U.S. envoy to Argentina to hold the title "Ambassador", the previous envoys having held the title "Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary".{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}
Personal life
Stimson was born in Dedham, Massachusetts on July 20, 1855.{{efn|His record at the Old Village Cemetery lists his place of birth as Philadelphia.}} He later purchashed the home built by Fisher Ames.
Stimson had two wives: Elizabeth Bradlee Abbot and Mabel Ashhurst. He married Abbot in 1881,{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} and had two children with her: Mildred Stimson (April 23, 1883 – December 17, 1966) and Margaret "Lorna" Stimson (January 3, 1889 – July 12, 1956).{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}} Following Abbot's death in 1896, Stimson married Ashhurst in 1902.{{Citation needed|date=March 2023}}File:Frederic_Jesup_Stimson’s_grave.jpg]]
He died at his home in Dedham on November 19, 1943. He is buried in lot EI3 at the Old Village Cemetery.
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References
External links
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- {{LCAuth|n50011512|Frederic Jesup Stimson|52|}}
- [https://lccn.loc.gov/no2020039233 J. S., of Dale] at LC Authorities, with 6 records, and [https://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-no2020039233/ at WorldCat]
- {{ISFDB name|127700}}
- {{Gutenberg author |8370 | name=Frederic Jesup Stimson}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Frederic Jesup Stimson}}
- {{Librivox author |id=15357}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060902111410/http://oasis.harvard.edu:10080/oasis/deliver/~hou00987 Letters written to Frederic Stimson at Harvard University]
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Category:Ambassadors of the United States to Argentina
Category:The Harvard Lampoon alumni
Category:Harvard Law School alumni
Category:Writers from Dedham, Massachusetts
Category:20th-century American diplomats
Category:Members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters
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