George Burton Adams (June 3, 1851 – May 26, 1925) was an American medievalist historian who taught at Yale University from 1888 to 1925.

Adams was born on June 3, 1851, in Fairfield, Vermont . ^{[1] [2]}

He was noted for his written works as well as his 1908 address as president of the American Historical Association , which lamented the encroachment of the social sciences on the field of history, a position later challenged by James Harvey Robinson . He also played a key role in the establishment of the American Historical Review . Adams was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899, ^[3] and a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1918. ^[4]

He died on May 26, 1925, in New Haven, Connecticut. ^[2]

Works [ edit ]

• Civilization during the Middle Ages (1894)
• Growth of the French Nation (1896)
• The History of England; From the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066?1216) (1905) ^[5]
• Constitutional History of England (1921) ^[6]

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References [ edit ]

• Rabb, Reginald E. (1951). "George Burton Adams". In Ausubel, Herman (ed.). Some Modern Historians of Britain: Essays in Honor of R. L. Schuyler . Dryden Press. pp.  177?191 . OCLC   1178535330 .

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• History and the Philosophy of History , 1908 Presidential Address at the American Historical Association
• George Burton Adams Papers (MS 30) . Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library.