ADAMS, Henry Brooks [1838-1918] -- American historian
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SNOW, Francis ComptonHe was an historian, a political biographer and a philosopher, living in Washington, DC. Son of Charles Francis Adams (1807-86), ¤ grandson of John Quincy Adams (1767-1848). ¤
Although born into a tradition of elite political, social, and intellectual leadership and activism, Henry Adams remained essentially an observer rather than a participant in the robust American life of the 1860-1912 period.
When his wife committed suicide in 1885,
Adams commissioned the well-known sculptor, Saint-Gaudens, to create a most unusual
work to be placed at her gravesite in Washington, DC.
It is a slightly larger than life bronze of a robed woman, seated, with eyes closed,
perhaps in meditation.
A deeply personal work, it is untitled.
There are no markings even to identify who is buried there. 
Selected Works |
Bookmarks (off-site links) |
- Vivísimo - Clustered search on henry brooks adams
- Works by
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Henry Adams (1838-1918) a teacher's guide
- Mont Saint Michel and Chartres (Penguin Classics)
- Esther Henry Adams' second and last novel, was published in 1884 under the penname of Francis Compton Snow.
- Quotations
- For sale
- Quotation collections
- Online / electronic texts
- Henry Adams Collection at Bartleby.com Includes writings about Adams.
- The Tendency of History 1894 presidential address to the American Historical Association, by Henry Adams.
- Henry Adams (1838-1918)
- Analyses, critiques and interpretations
- Works about
- Biographical
- Specific periods, events, aspects
- Chronologies, synopses
- A Biography of Henry Adams by Edward Chalfant (reviews)
- Henry Adams Another biography
- Adams, Henry on Encyclopedia.com 2002 Electric Library's Encyclopedia.com
- Adams, Henry
- Genealogy
- Memorials, tributes, shrines
- Suites
- Find A Grave
- Adams Memorial Historian Henry Adams commissioned (of Saint-Gaudens) this remarkable monument for the grave of his wife, Marion Hooper Adams, who died by suicide in 1885.
- 14n2Summer/Mills More (much more!) on the Saint-Gaudens memorial Adams commissioned for his wife.
- Readings
- Henry Adams Caricature a medalion by Saint-Gaudens
- Bibliographies and Link Farms
- Biographical
- Collections, archives - Papers
- Historical context, background
- Places (residences, etc)
- FYI France (sm)(tm) 12.65b Chartres, la ville An extensive bibliography
- Gallery
