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Herbert Baxter Adams

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Herbert Baxter Adams 1850-1901, American historian, b. Shutesbury, near Amherst, Mass. In 1876, the year he received his doctorate at Heidelberg, he became one of the original faculty of Johns Hopkins Univ. There, in 1880, he began his famous seminar in history, where a large proportion of the next generation of American historians trained. Adams founded the "Johns Hopkins Studies in Historical and Political Science," the first of such series, and brought about the organization in 1884 of the American Historical Association. His historical writings introduced scientific methods of investigation... Read more
Herbert Baxter Adams
Herbert Baxter Adams As a historian and teacher, Herbert Baxter Adams (1850-1901) was important in establishing...history in American universities. Herbert Baxter Adams was born in Shutesburg, Mass., on... Read more
The 1900s: Education: Deaths
THE 1900s: EDUCATION: DEATHS Herbert Baxter Adams, 51, historian, professor of history at Johns Hopkins University, 30 July 1901. Susan B. Anthony, 86, a leader in the women's suffrage...training in the United States, 8 July 1902. Russell Sage, 90, financier, congressman, educational philanthropist, 22 July ... Read more

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