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Herbert Adams (other)
Herbert Adams may refer to: * Herbert Baxter Adams (1850–1901), American educator and historian *Herbert Adams (carmaker), maker of the Adams-Farwell automobile 1893–1912 *Herbert Adams (novelist) (1874–1958), English writer * Herbert Adams (sculptor) (1858–1945), American sculptor *Herbert Jordan Adams (1838–1912), English entomologist *Herb Adams (baseball) (1928–2012), American baseball player *Herb Adams (politician) (born c. 1955), American politician and historian in Maine *Herbert C. Adams (1873–1955), British philatelist See also *Bert Adams (other) Bert Adams (1891–1940) was an American baseball player. Bert Adams may also refer to: *Bert Adams, character in '' Always Greener'' *Bert Adams (Canadian football), see 1934 in Canadian football * Bert Adams (politician) (1916–2003), member of ... * Adams (surname) {{hndis, Adams, Herbert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Baxter Adams
Herbert Baxter Adams (April 16, 1850 – July 30, 1901) was an American educator and historian who brought German rigor to the study of history in America; a founding member of the American History Association; and one of the earliest educators using the seminar for teaching history. With a fresh PhD from the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Johns Hopkins University brought Adams in as a teaching fellow in history during their inaugural year. Adams stayed with Johns Hopkins until his health failed. Early years Adams was born to lumber merchant Nathaniel Dickinson Adams and Harriet (Hastings) Adams in Shutesbury, Massachusetts on April 16, 1850. On his mother's side, he was a descendant of Thomas Hastings (colonist), Thomas Hastings who came from the East Anglia region of England to the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1634. Herbert B. Adams received his early training in the Amherst, Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts public schools followed by Phillips Exeter Academy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Adams (carmaker)
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Herbert Adams may refer to: *Herbert Baxter Adams (1850–1901), American educator and historian * Herbert Adams (carmaker), maker of the Adams-Farwell automobile 1893–1912 * Herbert Adams (novelist) (1874–1958), English writer *Herbert Adams (sculptor) (1858–1945), American sculptor * Herbert Jordan Adams (1838–1912), English entomologist * Herb Adams (baseball) (1928–2012), American baseball player * Herb Adams (politician) (born c. 1955), American politician and historian in Maine * Herbert C. Adams (1873–1955), British philatelist See also * Bert Adams (other) *Adams (surname) Adams is a common surname of English and Scottish origin, meaning "son of the soil (Adama)". Variations include Addams, McAdam and MacAdam. People with the surname Politics and law * A. A. Adams (1900–1985), American politician *Abigail Ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adams-Farwell
The Adams Company is an American manufacturing concern. It was founded in 1883 and is based in Dubuque, Iowa, United States. Between 1905 and 1912 it produced the Adams-Farwell, a brass era automobile. History The Roberts & Langworthy Iron Works, located at 57 South Main Street in Dubuque, were manufacturers of "fine light castings"encyclopediadubuque.com: ''Roberts & Langworthy Iron Works'' like grave crosses and park benches. Eugene Adams invested in the company in June 1883 when Roberts decided to retire, and Adams took the position of a secretary and manager. A change of the company name to Langworthy and Adams Iron Works followed in 1885. When Langworthy retired in 1892, Eugene's brother Herbert bought his share and the company was re-organized as The Adams Company, a foundry and machine shop. The plant burnt down the same year in a disastrous fire, and the company opened new facilities at East Fourth Street. Now, machine castings and household devices like a patented ''floor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Adams (novelist)
Herbert Adams (1874–1958) was an English writer of fifty 'cosy' mystery novels, 28 featuring the detective Roger Bennion, a golfer and amateur sleuth whose cases are often set in or around golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...ing competitions; and 9 feature Jimmie Haswell, a London lawyer. He also wrote short stories, humorous verse and two other mystery novels under the pseudonym ''Jonathan Gray''. As 'Jonathan Gray' *'Safety Last' (1934) *'The Owl' (1937) As Herbert Adams Jimmie Haswell Novels *'The Secret of Bogey House' (1924) *'The Crooked Lip' (1926) *'The Queen's Gate Mystery' (1927) *'The Empty Bed'(1928) *'Rogues Fall Out'(1928) *'The Golden Ape' (1930) *'The Crime in the Dutch Garden' (1931) *'The Paulton Plot' (1932) *'The Woman in Black' (1933) Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Adams (sculptor)
Samuel Herbert Adams (January 28, 1858 – May 21, 1945) was an American sculptor. Biography Herbert Adams was born in 1858 at West Concord, Vermont, son of machinist and patternmaker Samuel Minot Adams and Nancy Powers. In 1863, at the age of five, he moved to Fitchburg, Massachusetts, so his father could take a job at the Putnam Machine Co. His family purchased a home on 26 Chestnut Street. He was educated in the public schools of Fitchburg and Worcester, and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was influenced by Fitchburg's first Art teacher, Louise Haskell, to pursue a career in Art. He studied art at the Massachusetts Normal Art School in Boston and got a teaching certificate. Herbert Adams taught Art in the Fitchburg public schools from 1878 tp 1882, but left Fitchburg for Paris France in 1885 to pursue his interest in sculpture. He was educated at the Massachusetts Normal Art School enrolling in 1877 at 18 years of age, and from 1885 to 1890 he was a pupil o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Jordan Adams
Herbert Jordan Adams (1838 – 1 March 1912) was an English entomologist. Adams was born in London in 1838. His schoolboy collection of butterflies and moths formed the basis of an excellent collection of British ''Lepidoptera''. Following the death of his mother and the sale of her house and land at Chase Park, Enfield, Adams moved to a nearby house, Roseneath,The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, collected vols 48 and 49, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine Ltd, 1912, pp. 142, 243 and amassed 68 cabinets and some 600 cartons of European and World butterflies. He employed Percy Ireland Lathy to curate the collection and describe the new species it contained. He became a fellow of the Royal Entomological Society in 1877. Adams died at Enfield in 1912. His collection of British ''Lepidoptera'' was bequeathed to the Enfield Entomological Society, of which he was a co-founder. The main collection, containing very rare species of Papilionidae, ''Ornithoptera'', ''Morpho'', ''Agrias'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Adams (baseball)
Herbert Loren Adams (April 14, 1928 – February 1, 2012) was an American baseball outfielder who played three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox. He was born in Hollywood, California Hollywood is a neighborhood in the central region of Los Angeles, California. Its name has come to be a shorthand reference for the U.S. film industry and the people associated with it. Many notable film studios, such as Columbia Pictures, ..., and later coached at Northern Illinois University. External links 1928 births 2012 deaths Major League Baseball outfielders Chicago White Sox players Buffalo Bisons (minor league) players Columbus Red Birds players Hot Springs Bathers players Houston Buffaloes players Indianapolis Indians players Los Angeles Angels (minor league) players Madisonville Miners players Memphis Chickasaws players Mobile Bears players Omaha Cardinals players Springfield Cubs players United States Army personnel of the Korean W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Adams (politician)
Herbert C. Adams (born ) is an American historian, politician, and journalist from Maine. A Democrat, Adams was a member of the Portland School Committee from 1997–2004. He represented the Portland neighborhoods of East Bayside and Parkside in the Maine House of Representatives. He is also a noted historian of local history, having published ''Bold Vision: the History of the Portland Park System'' in 2000. In 2010, term limits prevented him from seeking re-election, and the district he represented, 119, was won by independent Ben Chipman. In 2012, Chipman won re-election, turning back Adams' attempt to regain the seat, 1,884 to 1,272. A third contender in the race, Republican Gwendolyne Tuttle, received 317 votes. He is an instructor in history at Southern Maine Community College. He was educated at the University of Southern Maine and John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert C
Herbert may refer to: People Individuals * Herbert (musician), a pseudonym of Matthew Herbert Name * Herbert (given name) * Herbert (surname) Places Antarctica * Herbert Mountains, Coats Land * Herbert Sound, Graham Land Australia * Herbert, Northern Territory, a rural locality * Herbert, South Australia. former government town * Division of Herbert, an electoral district in Queensland * Herbert River, a river in Queensland * County of Herbert, a cadastral unit in South Australia Canada * Herbert, Saskatchewan, Canada, a town * Herbert Road, St. Albert, Canada New Zealand * Herbert, New Zealand, a town * Mount Herbert (New Zealand) United States * Herbert, Illinois, an unincorporated community * Herbert, Michigan, a former settlement * Herbert Creek, a stream in South Dakota * Herbert Island, Alaska Arts, entertainment, and media Fictional entities * Herbert (Disney character) * Herbert Pocket Great Expectations, (''Great Expectations'' character), Pip's close friend and ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bert Adams (other)
Bert Adams (1891–1940) was an American baseball player. Bert Adams may also refer to: *Bert Adams, character in '' Always Greener'' *Bert Adams (Canadian football), see 1934 in Canadian football * Bert Adams (politician) (1916–2003), member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1956 to 1968 *Camp Bert Adams Bert Adams Scout Camp is a long-term overnight camp owned and operated by the Atlanta Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Bert Adams is located south of Covington, Georgia, situated on Lake Bulow Campbell; the camp is one of three major ... See also * Albert Adams (other) * Robert Adams (other) * Herbert Adams (other) {{hndis, Adams, Bert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
