Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918) was born into the most distinguished family in American history: his great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams both served as president, while his father Charles Francis Adams was Lincoln's minister to Britain during the Civil War. Educated at Harvard and trained in the world of diplomacy and politics, Adams spent years as a journalist, reform advocate, and professor of medieval history at Harvard before devoting himself fully to writing. This author hub collects 1 work in the Canon Compass ranking, led by The Education of Henry Adams.