James Truslow Adams
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| Born |
October 18, 1878 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | May 18, 1949 (aged 70) Southport, Connecticut |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelor's degree, MA degree |
| Alma mater |
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Bachelor's) Yale University (MA) |
| Period | 1921–1933 |
| Subject | History, biographies |
| Notable works | The March of Democracy |
| Notable awards |
Pulitzer Prize for History 1921 The Founding of New England |
Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (Bachelor's)
James Truslow Adams (October 18, 1878 – May 18, 1949) was an American writer and historian. He was not related to the famous Adams family (though he wrote a book about the family in 1930). He was not an academic, but a freelance author who helped to popularize the latest scholarship about American history and his three-volume history of New England is well regarded by scholars.
Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York, to a wealthy family, the son of Elizabeth Harper (née Truslow) and William Newton Adams, Jr.
His father had been born in Caracas, Venezuela. His paternal grandfather William Newton Adams Sr. was American with roots in Virginia and his paternal grandmother Carmen Michelena de Salias was a Venezuelan of Spanish (Basque) descent.
Adams took his bachelor's degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1898, and a MA degree from Yale University in 1900. He entered investment banking, rising to partner in a member firm. In 1912, he considered his savings ample enough to switch to a career as a writer.
In 1917, he served with Colonel House on President Wilson's commission, "The Inquiry", to prepare data for the Paris Peace Conference. By 1918, he was a captain in the Military Intelligence Division of the General Staff of the U.S. Army. By late 1918, he was selected for the U.S. delegation to the Paris Peace Conference. His main task consisted in the provision of maps and the selection of plans and atlases that should be acquired by the War College, the American Geographical Society, and the Library of Congress.
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