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Henry Adams

Born

in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

February 16, 1838

Died

March 27, 1918

Genre

Biography, History, Politics

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Noted Henry Brooks Adams wrote his nine-volume History of the United States during the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison (1889-1891) and also The Education of Henry Adams , a famous autobiography, in 1918.

This oldest and most distinguished family in Boston produced John Adams and John Qunicy Adams, two American presidents, and thus gave Henry the opportunity to pursue a wide-ranging variety of intellectual interests during the course of his life. Functioning in the worlds of both practical men and affairs as a journalist and an assistant to his father, an American diplomat in Washington and London, and ...more

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Average rating: 3.69 · 7,117 ratings · 779 reviews · 808 distinct works • Similar authors

	La educación de Henry Adams by Henry Adams, Javier Alcoriza (Translator), Antonio Lastra (Translator) 3.63 avg rating — 4,929 ratings — published 1918 — 1186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy: An American Novel 3.50 avg rating — 753 ratings — published 1880 — 463 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres 3.94 avg rating — 448 ratings — published 1904 — 308 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Adams: History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson (1801–1809) 4.31 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 1986 — 15 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Democracy / Esther / Mont Saint Michel and Chartres / The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams, Ernest Samuels (Editor), Jayne Samuels (Editor) 4.21 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Adams: History of the United States During the Administrations of James Madison (1809–1817) 4.44 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esther 3.49 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1883 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Education of Henry Adams Volume 1 3.60 avg rating — 50 ratings — published 1964 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The War of 1812 by Henry Adams, John R. Elting (Introduction) 3.44 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 1999 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The United States in 1800 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1955 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by Henry Adams

History of the United States of America (2 books)
by

Henry Adams

4.35 avg rating — 374 ratings

The Letters of Henry Adams (4 books)
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Henry Adams,

Ernest Samuels (Editor),

Charles Vandersee (Editor),

Viola H Winner (Editor)

4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings

Quotes by Henry Adams (?)

“Chaos often breeds life, when order breeds habit.”
― Henry Adams

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“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
― Henry Adams

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“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
― Henry Adams, The Education of Henry Adams

tags: chaos, humanity, order

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