+Franklin Pierce Adams+--(Illinois, 1881)--humorous poet, "columnist."
Editor of "The Conning Tower" in the _New York World_.
For bibliography, cf. _Who's Who in America_.
+Henry (Brooks) Adams+--man of letters.
Born in Boston, 1838. Great-grandson of John Adams and grandson of John
Quincy Adams, presidents of the United States. Brother of Charles Francis
and Brooks Adams. A.B., Harvard, 1858, LL.D., Western Reserve, 1892.
Secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams, American Minister to
England, 1861-8. Assistant professor at Harvard, 1870-7, and editor of
_North American Review_, 1870-6.
Lived in Washington from 1877 until his death in 1918, but traveled
extensively and knew many famous people.
In memory of his wife, he commissioned Saint Gaudens to make for her tomb
in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, the statue sometimes called
_Silence_, which is one of the sculptor's most beautiful works.