Ephraim Douglass Adams
{{Short description|American educator}}
Ephraim Douglass Adams (December 18, 1865 in Decorah, Iowa – September 1, 1930 in Stanford, California) was an American educator and historian, regarded as an expert on the American Civil War and British-American relations.{{Cite web |url=http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/pdfmem/AdamsE.pdf |publisher=historicalsociety.stanford.edu |access-date=2015-06-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150615003407/http://historicalsociety.stanford.edu/pdfmem/AdamsE.pdf |archive-date=2015-06-15 |url-status=dead|title=Profile }}
Born in Iowa in 1865, he graduated from the University of Michigan in 1887, earning a Ph.D. in 1890. In the same year he was appointed special agent in charge of street railways for the 11th (1890 U.S. Census). His earlier work was done at the University of Kansas, where he became assistant professor (1891) and associate professor (1894) of history and sociology, and in 1899 professor of European history. In 1902, he was made associate professor of history in Leland Stanford Junior University, and in 1906, full professor of history at Stanford University. His work is widely cited. He is best known for The Power of Ideals in American History (1913).{{cn|date=May 2024}}
Bibliography
- The Control of the Purse in the United States Government (1894)[https://archive.org/details/controlpurseinu00adamgoog The Control of the Purse in the United States Government], archive.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.
- The Influence of Grenville on Pitt's Foreign Policy, 1787-1798 (1904){{Cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/library/1285567/the-influence-of-grenville-on-pitt-s-foreign-policy |title=The Influence of Grenville |access-date=2015-06-14 |archive-date=2016-03-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051436/https://www.questia.com/library/1285567/the-influence-of-grenville-on-pitt-s-foreign-policy |url-status=dead }}
- British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846 (Albert Shaw Lectures, Johns Hopkins University, 1910)[https://archive.org/details/texasbrits0adamrich Profile], texasbrits0adamrich via archive.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.
- Lord Ashburton and the Treaty of Washington (1912)[http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009577683 Profile], catalog.hathitrust.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.
- The Power of Ideals in American History (1913)[https://archive.org/details/ThePowerOfIdealsInAmericanHistory "The Power of Ideals in American History"] via archive.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.
- Great Britain and the American Civil War, 2 volumes (1925)[http://www.gutenberg.org/files/13789/13789-h/13789-h.htm PROFILE], gutenberg.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.
References
{{Reflist|refs=
| editor1-first = John William
| editor1-last = Leonard
| editor2-first = Albert Nelson
| editor2-last = Marquis
| title = Who's who in America
| publisher = Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated
| volume = 5
| page = 9
| year = 1908
| location = Chicago
| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=eX0QOpl7iBQC&pg=PA9
| postscript= .
}}}}
External links
- {{Gutenberg author |id=5221| name=Ephraim Douglass Adams}}
- {{Internet Archive author |sname=Ephraim Douglass Adams}}
- [http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/tf3489n6dq/ Ephraim Douglass Adams Papers]
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Category:American political writers
Category:American male non-fiction writers
Category:People from Decorah, Iowa
Category:University of Michigan alumni