Frederic Jesup Stimson

Frederic Jesup Stimson (20 July 1855 in Dedham, Massachusetts – 19 November 1943) was the United States Ambassador to Argentina 1915–1921. 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. He was a Harvard Law graduate and writer of several influential books on law, and also a novelist specialising in historical romances, sometimes writing under the pen name J.S. of Dale.