Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Adams, Charles Kendall

ADAMS, CHARLES KENDALL, an American historian and educator; born at Derby, Vt., Jan. 24, 1835. He became President of Cornell University (1885), of the American Historical Association (1890), of the University of Wisconsi s n (1892), and editor-in-chief of &ldquo;Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia&rdquo; (1892). He died July 26, 1902.