2 Quotes & Sayings By Mrs Henry Adams
Adams, Henry (1838–1918) was the eldest son of the historian and statesman John Quincy Adams. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 30, 1838. He graduated from Harvard University in 1858 and went to Europe to study art. He studied law at the University of Leipzig and Berlin, but after working as a journalist in Stuttgart for several years he decided to take his degree again at Harvard
He worked for two years as a reporter for the New York Tribune and about 1866 became secretary to his uncle, Henry Adams (1815–18ank), who was assistant secretary of the Navy under President Lincoln. Henry returned to Harvard to earn his degree in 1867 and then practiced law in Boston until 1870 when he accepted an offer to serve as secretary of legation at Vienna under Secretary of State Hamilton Fish. He was sent to London by President Ulysses S.
Grant as minister plenipotentiary in 1880; he served there until 1885 when he was appointed American ambassador to Britain by President Grover Cleveland. His successor at Vienna was Rudolf Ritter von Hotzendorf, Rector of the University of Vienna. Adams married Louise Chandler Moulton on January 24, 1880; they had one daughter, Anne Lee Adams (1881–1928). Miss Adams grew up in England and became an accomplished pianist whose performances were highly praised by Edward VII before she died of cancer at age forty-three. Henry Adams was a member of the Massachusetts Society Sons of the Revolution, an honorary member of the Society for Psychical Research, a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, president of the National Civil Service Reform League, chairman of the board of trustees of Harvard University for twenty-six years (1900–1924), chairman of the board of trustees of Boston University for thirteen consecutive years (1926–42), president emeritus (1942) and trustee emeritus (1945) of Tufts University, member of advisory boards for Harvard's "Historical Review" and "The King's College Bulletin" Author: Adam Duston