Born in Boston in 1838; graduated from Harvard in 1858,
private secretary to his father, Charles Francis Adams,
American Minister to England in 1861-68; a professor at
Harvard in 1870-77; editor of the _North American Review_ in
1870-76; author of "Essays in Anglo-Saxon Law," "Life of
Albert Gallatin," and a "History of the United States" in
nine volumes.