George Burton Adams Explained

Birth Date:	3 June 1851
Birth Place:	Vermont
Occupation:	Historian

George Burton Adams (June 3, 1851May 26, 1925) was an American medievalist historian who taught at Yale University from 1888 to 1925.

Adams was born on June 3, 1851, in Fairfield, Vermont.^[1]

He was noted for his written works as well as his 1908 address as president of the American Historical Association, which lamented the encroachment of the social sciences on the field of history, a position later challenged by James Harvey Robinson. He also played a key role in the establishment of the American Historical Review. Adams was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899,^[2] and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918.^[3]

He died on May 26, 1925, in New Haven, Connecticut.^[1]

Works

• Civilization during the Middle Ages (1894)
• Growth of the French Nation (1896)
• The History of England; From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066–1216) (1905)^[4]
• Constitutional History of England (1921)^[5]

References

• Book: Rabb, Reginald E. . George Burton Adams . Ausubel . Herman . . Some Modern Historians of Britain: Essays in Honor of R. L. Schuyler . 1951 . Dryden Press . 1178535330 .

External links

• • • • • • History and the Philosophy of History, 1908 Presidential Address at the American Historical Association
• George Burton Adams Papers (MS 30). Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.

Notes and References

1. Leland . Waldo G. . Waldo Gifford Leland . George Burton Adams . October 1925 . Proceedings of the American Antiquarian Society . . 35 . 2.
2. Web site: MemberListA | American Antiquarian Society. www.americanantiquarian.org.
3. Web site: Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A. American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 20 December 2019.
4. Lapsley . Gaillard Thomas . G. T. Lapsley . April 1906 . Review of History of England . . 10.1086/ahr/11.3.639 . 11 . 6 . . 1937-5239.
5. Ogg . Frederic A. . Frederic Austin Ogg . November 1921 . Review of Constitutional History of England . . 15 . 4 . 605–606 . 10.2307/1947026 . 1947026 . 0003-0554.