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A Short Biography of Henry Brooks Adams

Author Name:

Henry Brooks Adams

Born As:

Henry Brooks Adams

Other Names:

Born:

16 Feb 1838

Died:

27 Mar 1918




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Historian, journalist, novelist and academic                          
Selected Works:

Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law - 1876. In collaboration with Henry Cabot Lodge, Ernest Young and J. L. Laughlin. 
Life of Albert Gallatin - 1879
The Writings of Albert Gallatin - 1879. 3 volumes
1880 Democracy - 1880, novel
John Randolph - 1882
Esther: 1884, novel - facsimile editor, 1938, Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison - 1889-1891
Historical Essays - 1891
Tahiti: Memoirs of Arii Taimai e Marama of Eimee ... Last Queen of Tahiti - 1893. Facsimile of 1901 Paris editor, 1947. Scholars' Facsimiles & Reprints
Mont Saint-Michel and Chartres - 1904
The Education of Henry Adams - 1907
The Life of George Cabot Lodge - 1911

The Degradation of the Democratic Dogma - 1919
Letters, edited by W. C. Ford. 2 vols. - 1930-38                          
Mother Abigail Brooks
Father Charles Francis Adams, Sr.

Spouse Marian Hooper Adams
Grandson and Great-Grandson of John Quincy Adams and John Adams,                          
                          
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Adams

Misattributed: 
Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose your self-respect.
 - Marcus Aurelius - 121-180, Meditations.