Brooks Adams

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Brooks Adams: Facts & Related Content

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Born	June 24, 1848 • Quincy • Massachusetts
Died	February 13, 1927 (aged 78) • Boston • Massachusetts
House / Dynasty	Adams family
Notable Family Members	father Charles Francis Adams • brother Henry Adams
Subjects Of Study	United States • democracy • philosophy of history

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Alexis de Tocqueville

French historian and political writer

Adams, Henry

Henry Adams

American historian

Frederick Jackson Turner

Frederick Jackson Turner

American historian

Kennan, George F.

George F. Kennan

American diplomat and historian

Beard, 1917

Charles A. Beard

American historian

Mercy Otis Warren

Mercy Otis Warren

American writer and historian

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George Bancroft

American historian

John Bach McMaster

American historian

John Taylor

American politician and philosopher

Edwin O. Reischauer

American historian and diplomat

Boorstin, Daniel J.

Daniel J. Boorstin

American historian

George Washington Williams

American historian

Arthur M. Schlesinger

American historian

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

American historian and educator

Rhodes, James Ford

James Ford Rhodes

American historian

V. O. Key, Jr.

American political scientist

Shelby Foote

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Morison, Samuel Eliot

Samuel Eliot Morison

American historian and biographer

Richard B. Morris

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Jacob Cox

Jacob Dolson Cox

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History Buff Quiz