Henry Adams 亨利·亚当斯

1、Henry Adams Henry Adams is an American (1838-1918).He was born in Boston, Massachusetts , a city in the east part of the country. Henry Brooks Adams (February 16, 1838 March 27, 1918; normally called Henry Adams) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, a city in the east part of the country. He was an Am

2、erican journalist, historian, academic and novelist. Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts. and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial Capital of New England for its economic and cultural impact on

3、the entire New England region. The city proper had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. Boston Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area(大都市区) called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. G

4、reater Boston as a commuting region includes six Massachusetts（马萨诸塞州） counties: Essex（艾瑟克斯）, Middlesex（米德尔塞克斯）, Norfolk（诺福克）, Suffolk（萨福克）, Plymouth（普利茅斯）, Worcester（伍斯特）, northern Bristol County, all of Rhode Island（美国罗德岛州） and parts of New Hampshire（新罕布什尔州） it is home to 7.6 million people, making

5、 it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States Henry Adams was a member of the Adams political family (a prominent(著名的) political family in the United States during the late 18th century through early 20th centuries. Based in eastern Massachusetts, they formed part of the Bosto

6、n Brahmin(教养好的人教养好的人) community)His paternal great-grandfather John Adams and grandfather John Quincy Adams had been US presidents.His maternal grandfather was a millionaire, and another great grandfather, Nathaniel Gorham, signed the Constitution. His father was Congressman and Minister to Britain.

7、 Adams political familyMaternalGreat GrandfatherFatherGreatGrandfatherGrandfatherPaternalJohn Adams (his Great grandfather)John Adamswas an American lawyer, statesman, diplomat and political theorist. A leading champion of independence in 1776, he was the second President of the United States (17971

8、801).A Federalist, he was highly influential and one of the key Founding Fathers of the United States.John Quincy Adams(his Grandpa)John Quincy Adams was the sixth President of the United States(18251829). He served as an American diplomat, Senator, and Congressional representative. He was a member

9、of the Federalist, Democratic-Republican, National Republican, and later Anti-Masonic and Whig parties. As Secretary of State, he negotiated with the United Kingdom over Americas northern border with Canada, negotiated with Spain the annexation of Florida, and developed the Monroe Doctrine. Historia

10、ns agree he was one of the greatest diplomats and secretaries of state in American history.Nathaniel Gorham(his Great grandfather)Nathaniel Gorham (his first name is sometimes spelt Nathanial) was the fourteenth President of the United States in Congress assembled, under the Articles of Confederatio

11、n. He also attended the Constitutional Convention and was one of the signers of the United State Constitution on September 17, 1787, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Charles Francis Adams, Sr.(his Father)Charles Francis Adams, Sr. was an American lawyer, politician, diplomat and writer. He was born in

12、Boston, and attended Boston Latin School and Harvard College, where he graduated in 1825. Adams was elected to the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1841, served in the state senate 18441845, founded and edited the journal Boston Whig in 1846, and was the unsuccessful nominee of the Free Soi

13、l Party for Vice President of the United States in 1848. Adams married Marian Hupo in 1872 and then they back to live in Washington. However , Marian end her own life in 1885.Her death was a quite heavy hit on him and he travelled about and seldom back to Washington . To keep contact with his friend

14、s , he wrote to them . Henry Adams died in Washington in 1918. His Life Adams was educated in Harvard University and then in German .When the Civil War broke out in 1861, he lived in England , since his father was England-based ambassador and later ,he became his fathers secretary and at the same ti

15、me he was able to get to the power of politic .Between 1870-1877, he worked as a history professor in Harvard and an editor of Comments on the North AmericaHarvard graduation photo of Henry Brooks Adams:Civil War Years Adams returned home from Europe in the midst of the heated presidential election

16、of 1860, which also was the year his father, Charles Francis Adams Sr., sought reelection to the US House of Representatives. He tried his hand again at law, taking employment with Judge Horace Grays Boston firm, but this was short-lived. After his successful reelection, Charles Francis asked Henry

17、to be his private secretary, continuing a father-son pattern set by John and John Quincy, and suggesting that Charles Francis had chosen Henry as the political scion of that generation of the family. Henry shouldered the responsibility reluctantly and with much self-doubt. I had little to do, he ref

18、lected later, and knew not how to do it rightly. During this time, Adams was the anonymous Washington Correspondent for Charles Hales Boston Daily Advertiser.His Book1918. The Education of Henry Adams1879. Life of Albert Gallatin 阿尔伯特加勒廷的生平1880. Democracy (novel) 民主 1882. John Randolph约翰轮道夫1889-1891

19、. History of the United States During the Administrations of Thomas Jefferson and James Madison 托马斯杰弗逊及詹姆士麦迪逊执政时期的美国历史 1891. Historical Essays.史学扎记 1904. Mont Saint Michel and Chartres圣米歇尔和查特斯修士 He is best known for his autobiographical (自传的) book,The Education of Henry Adams亨利亨利亚当斯的教育亚当斯的教育.The Edu

20、cation of Henry Adams 亨利亨利亚当斯的教育亚当斯的教育 The Education is much more a record of Adamss introspection than of his deeds. It is an extended meditation on the social, technological, political, and intellectual changes that occurred over Adamss lifetime. Adams concluded that his traditional education fail

21、ed to help him come to terms with these rapid changes; hence his need for self-education. The organizing thread of the book is how the proper schooling and other aspects of his youth, was time wasted; thus his search for self-education through experiences, friendships, and reading.The Education of H

22、enry Adams 亨利亨利亚当斯的教育亚当斯的教育 The Education does not discuss Adamss marriage, and the illness and 1885 suicide of his wife, Clover; it skips twenty years from 1872 to 1892. Adams, splendidily reflective and self-critical in so many other ways, did not articulate what, if anything, he had learned from

23、these sobering experiences. But he did, in fact, speak to his marriage in indirect ways. For example, he lamented how the memorial he had constructed for his wife had become something of a tourist attraction. More generally, it is clear that his outlook changed after her death.The Education of Henry

24、 Adams 亨利亨利亚当斯的教育亚当斯的教育 records the struggle of Bostonian Henry Adams (1838-1918), in early old age, to come to terms（妥协） with the dawning（开端） 20th century, so different from the world of his youth. It is also a sharp critique of 19th century educational theory and practice. In 1907, Adams began privately circulating copies of a limited edition printed at his own expense. Commercial publication had to await its authors 1918 death. whereupon（因此） it won the 1919 Pulitzer Prize