James Truslow Adams (James Truslow Adams)

James Truslow Adams

Historian. He graduated from Yale University in 1900, served in the United States Army during World War I as an intelligence officer, and on the staff of the United States delegation at the post-War Versailles Peace Conference. After the war he began writing, and won a Pulitzer Prize for hiw work “The Founding of New England” in 1921. His other works include “Revolutionary New England, 1691-1776”, “Hamiltonian Principles”, “Jeffersonian Principles”, “The Adams Family”, “The Epic of America”, “The March of Democracy”, and “Frontiers of American Culture”. (bio by: Garver Graver)  Family links:  Parents:  William Newton Adams (1846 – 1923)  Elizabeth Harper Truslow Adams (1850 – 1911)

Born

  • October, 18, 1878
  • USA

Died

  • May, 05, 1949
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Green-Wood Cemetery
  • USA

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