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Adams, Henry
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Henry, 1838–1918, American writer and historian, b. Boston; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807–86). He was secretary (1861–68) to his father, then U.S. minister to Great Britain…Adams, Charles Francis, 1807–86, American public official
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Charles Francis, 1807–86, American public official, minister to Great Britain (1861–68), b. Boston; son of John Quincy Adams. After a boyhood spent in various European capitals…Adams, Charles Francis, 1835–1915, American economist and historian
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Charles Francis, 1835–1915, American economist and historian, b. Boston; son of Charles Francis Adams (1807–86). In the Civil War he fought at Antietam and Gettysburg and was…Adams, Charles Francis, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Charles Francis, 1866–1954, U.S. Secretary of the Navy (1929–33), b. Quincy, Mass.; grandson of Charles Francis Adams (1807–86). He practiced law for a brief period in Boston…Slick, Sam
(Encyclopedia) Slick, Sam: see Haliburton, Thomas Chandler.Adams, Gerry
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Gerry (Gerard Adams), 1948–, Northern Irish political leader. Born into an Irish nationalist family, Adams became politically active during the Catholic civil rights…Walton, Alice Louise
(Encyclopedia) Walton, Alice Louise: see under Walton, Sam.Foote, Samuel Augustus
(Encyclopedia) Foote, Samuel Augustus: see Foot, Samuel Augustus.Adams, Alice
(Encyclopedia) Adams, Alice, 1926–99, American novelist, b. Fredericksburg, Va. Her deftly wry and witty fiction concerns 20th-century domestic and professional life, and usually concentrates on the…Spiegel, Sam
producerBirthplace: Jaroslaw, PolandBorn: 1901Died: 1985