George Burton Adams

George Burton Adams
Born	(1851-06-03)June 3, 1851 Vermont
Died	May 26, 1925(1925-05-26) (aged 73)
Occupation	Historian

George Burton Adams (June 3, 1851 – May 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.

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, and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918.

He died on May 26, 1925, in New Haven, Connecticut.

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)
• Constitutional History of England (1921)

Citations

• Rabb, Reginald E. (1951). "George Burton Adams". In Ausubel, Herman (ed.). Some Modern Historians of Britain: Essays in Honor of R. L. Schuyler. Dryden Press. pp. 177–191. OCLC 1178535330.

External links

• Works by George Burton Adams at Project Gutenberg
• Works by George Burton Adams at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Works by or about George Burton Adams at Internet Archive
• Works by George Burton Adams at Google Books
• Works by George Burton Adams at Open Library
• 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.