1. He graduated with distinction from Harvard University in 1858. After that, he visited Germany where he attended Berlin University to study law. For two years, he travelled in various parts of Germany, Italy, Austria and Switzerland.
2. He married Marian Hooper on 27 June 1872. She committed suicide in 1885. 3. He anonymously published “Democracy: An American Novel” in 1880. In this book, he represented the misuse of political power through several fictitious characters. This book received commercial success. 4. He published “History of the United States of America 1801-1817” between 1889 and 1891. Running in 9 volumes, it presents a vivid account of administrative systems of Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Written in simple language, this book criticizes Jefferson for his role regarding the Constitutional problems with the Louisiana Purchase. Through this book, Adams also blamed Madison for his conduct of the War of 1812. 5. Published in 1904, his book "Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres" presents thirteenth-century Christianity through the architectural design of two famous cathedrals of France. 6. His memoirs, 'The Education of Henry Adams', which were published posthumously, won the Pulitzer in 1919. 7. In 1870, he joined Harvard University as assistant Professor of History. During his six years tenure at Harvard, he taught subjects like European and American history and medieval English. At the same time, he also worked as an editor of the “North American Review”. He left his job at Harvard University in 1877. 8. As a professor at Harvard University, this great academician is credited for introducing seminar system at the university. He was the first who put stress on the importance of evaluation by students. 9. In 1912, he became partially paralysed on account of suffering from cerebral thrombosis. 10. He passed away at the age of 80 in Washington, D.C. (Credits: thefamouspeople.com) Did you like reading "The Education Of Henry Adams" ? Yes.Then most readers loved reading these 3 books on Amazon as well.
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