Henry Adams

Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 - March 27, 1918) was an American historian and member of the Adams political family, descended from two US presidents. As a young Harvard graduate, he was the secretary of his father Charles Francis Adams, Ambassador Abraham Lincoln in London, and this post had a great impact on the young man, thanks to his experience of military diplomacy and the development of English culture, especially the works of John Stuart Mill. After the American Civil War, he became a well-known political journalist who entertained America's advanced intellectuals in his homes in Washington and Boston. During his lifetime, he was best known for his History of the United States during the administration of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, a 9-volume work that was praised for her literary style. His posthumously published memoir, The Education of Henry Adams, received the Pulitzer Prize and was named the Modern Library by the best English-language scientific literature of the 20th century.