Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 – March 27, 1918) was an American historian and a member of the Adams political family, descended from two U.S. presidents. As a young …

Feb 12, 2025 · Henry Adams (born February 16, 1838, Boston—died March 27, 1918, Washington, D.C.) was a historian, man of letters, and author of one of the outstanding …

Nov 30, 2020 · Henry Adams was born in 1838, “under the shadow of Boston State House,” according to the famous opening sentence of his book “ The Education of Henry Adams.” The …

Henry Adams (January 21, 1583 – October 6, 1646) was an English colonial farmer. Also known as Henry Adams of Braintree, he was a patrilineal emigrant ancestor of U.S. Presidents John …

The Education of Henry Adams is an autobiography that records the struggle of the Bostonian Henry Adams (1838–1918), in his later years, to come to terms with the dawning 20th century, …

Unlike his famous ancestors, Henry Adams was never in the forefront of U.S. politics and diplomacy. His life’s work and contributions to his nation involved analyzing and commenting …

May 9, 2018 · The American historian and author Henry Brooks Adams (1838-1918) lived in an era of remarkable change and recorded the implications of the period with great perception. …

Henry Adams, (born Feb. 16, 1838, Boston, Mass., U.S.—died March 27, 1918, Washington, D.C.), U.S. historian and man of letters. A product of Boston’s elite Brahmin class and a …

Henry Adams (February 16, 1838–March 27, 1918), one of the most distinguished of American historians, perhaps the most keenly intellectual among them, certainly the most accomplished …

Nov 26, 2024 · Henry Adams was a historian by training, inclination, and talent. His magisterial work, History of the United States During the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison (9 …