Ephraim Douglass Adams (December 18, 1865 in

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– September 1, 1930 in

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) was an

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educator and historian, regarded as an expert on the

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and British-American relations. Born in Iowa in 1865, he graduated from the

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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

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, where he became assistant professor (1891) and associate professor (1894) of history and sociology, and in 1899 professor of

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an history. In 1902, he was made associate professor of history in Leland Stanford Junior University, and in 1906, full

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of history at

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. His work is widely cited. He is best known for ''The Power of Ideals in American History'' (1913).

Bibliography

* ''The Control of the Purse in the United States Government'' (1894) * ''The Influence of Grenville on Pitt's Foreign Policy, 1787-1798'' (1904) * ''British Interests and Activities in Texas, 1838-1846'' (Albert Shaw Lectures, Johns Hopkins University, 1910) * ''Lord Ashburton and the Treaty of Washington'' (1912) * ''The Power of Ideals in American History'' (1913) * ''Great Britain and the American Civil War'', 2 volumes (1925)PROFILE
gutenberg.org. Accessed May 13, 2024.

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Ephraim Douglass Adams Papers
{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, Ephraim Douglass American political writers American male non-fiction writers People from Decorah, Iowa University of Michigan alumni 1865 births 1930 deaths Stanford University Department of History faculty Educators from Iowa Historians from Iowa