Henry Adams—historian
Birth
Adams, William Henry, mining engineer and metallurgist; born, Pontiac, Mich., June 14, 1843; son of Henry Perry and Eliza (Young) Adams; direct descendant of the Adams of Welsh history who landed in Plymouth Colony about 1637--families which gave two presidents to U.S. His father, Henry Perry Adams, civil engineer with record on Erie and Illinois canals and construction of railroads in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, etc.
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Henry ADAMS was born in 1531 in Trent, David, Somerset, England.
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Education
Henry Adams (Feb. 16, 1838 to March 27, 1918) graduated from Harvard in 1858, then studied law in Germany.
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HENRY ADAMS (1838-), American historian, son of Charles Francis Adams and grandson of John Quincy Adams, was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on the 16th of February 1838. He graduated at Harvard in 1858, and from 1861 to 1868 was private secretary to his father.
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Fame
Built in 1928 and renovated in 2002, this classic hotel takes its name from John Hay, private assistant to President Abraham Lincoln and later secretary of state, and Henry Adams, an acclaimed author and descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
http://www.travelmoreinfo.com/hotels/usa/district-of-columbia-dc/washi...
The Hay-Adams, located across from the White House, holds a special place in Washington DC. This historic hotel Washington DC so loves takes its name from earlier residents of its site: John Hay, private assistant to President Abraham Lincoln and later secretary of state, and Henry Adams, an acclaimed author and descendant of U.S. Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
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Work
Henry Adams referred to this book as "A Study of Thirteenth-Century Unity," and its expansive scope, together with the author's deep understanding of the period, makes it a classic in art history as well as in American literature. He wrote, "I wanted to show the intensity of the vital energy of a given time, and of course that intensity had to be stated in its two highest terms-religion and art." ... Henry Adams (1838-1918) was author of The Education of Henry Adams, two novels, and numerous hooks and articles.
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Henry Brooks Adams (16 February 1838 - 27 March 1918) was a U.S. historian, journalist and novelist; great-grandson of John Adams, grandson of John Quincy Adams,
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The Education Of Henry Adams (1918) From the 1870s until his last years, intellectuals gravitated to his home to discuss art, science, politics, and literature. His closest friends were the geologist Clarence King, with whom he maintained a rich and illuminating correspondence, and the diplomat and writer John Hay. On several trips to France, Adams examined medieval Christendom, and in the much-admired Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres (1913) he described the medieval worldview as reflected in its cathedrals. ... In 1908 Adams published his edition of John Hay's letters and diary. His last work, The Life of George Cabot Lodge, appeared in 1911. Web sites about Henry Adams Henry Adams, Globe Trotter in Space and Time
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The Adams Family (1930) and Henry Adams (1933) were books on the famous Massachusetts clan, to which he was not related. Adams spent much of his time in London as a representative of his publishers, Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Sons William Henry (1814-1899), John Adams (1817-1881), George Swett (1821-1878), Daniel Sidney (1824-1890) and Samuel Francis Appleton (1826-1883) continued the business, co-founding the American Book Company in 1880.
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He travelled extensively, spending many years in Europe. His novel Democracy was published anonymously in 1880 and immediately became popular. However, only after Adams's death did his publisher reveal Adams's authorship. As a historian, Adams is considered to have been the first (in 1874 -1876) to conduct historical seminary work in the United States. His magnum opus is his History of the United States (1801 to 1817) (9 vols., 1889-1891).
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The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams (1907) The Education of Henry Adams is surely one of the few masterpieces to issue directly from a raging inferiority complex. Young Henry, born in Boston in 1838, was destined for a walk-on role in his nation's history--and seemed alarmingly aware of the fact from the time he was an adolescent.
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