American historian and Adams political family member (1838–1918)
For other people named Henry Adams, see Henry Adams (disambiguation).
Henry Adams
1885 photograph of Adams by William Notman
Born
Henry Brooks Adams (1838-02-16)February 16, 1838 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died
March 27, 1918(1918-03-27) (aged 80) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Resting place
Rock Creek Cemetery Washington, D.C., U.S.
Pen name
Frances Snow Compton
Occupation
Journalist
historian
academic
novelist
Language
English
Nationality
American
Citizenship
American
Alma mater
Harvard College University of Berlin
Genre
memoir, history
Notable works
The Education of Henry Adams, The History of the United States of America 1801–1817
Notable awards
Pulitzer Prize
Spouse
Marian Hooper Adams
Relatives
Charles Francis Adams Sr. (father)
Abigail Brown Brooks (mother)
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 Harvard graduate, he served as secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, Abraham Lincoln's ambassador to the United Kingdom. The posting influenced the younger man through the experience of wartime diplomacy, and absorption in English culture, especially the works of John Stuart Mill. After the American Civil War, he became a political journalist who entertained America's foremost intellectuals at his homes in Washington and Boston.
During his lifetime, he was best known for The History of the United States of America 1801–1817, a nine-volume work, praised for its literary style, command of the documentary evidence, and deep (family) knowledge of the period and its major figures. His posthumously published memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, won the Pulitzer Prize and went on to be named by the Modern Library as the best English-language nonfiction book of the 20th century.[1]
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