Henry Brooks Adams

Author Code: AHBA

Adams began his career as private secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, from 1861 to 1868. From 1870 through 1877 he taught history at Harvard College and held the post of editor of the North American Review. After an unsuccessful foray into politics, he turned to writing fiction. His autobiography, The Education of Henry Adams, is considered by many to be one of the outstanding autobiographies of Western literature.