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Henry Brooks Adams
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library
Henry Brooks Adams
Image courtesy of the Barack Obama Presidential Library

Henry Brooks Adams

American, 1838 - 1918
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Henry Adams was an American historian and a prolific author. During his lifetime, he was best known for The History of the United States of America 1801–1817, a nine-volume work, praised for its literary style, command of the documentary evidence, and deep knowledge of the period and its major figures.