Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr.

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1880 – 1946

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Who was Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr.?

Joseph Quincy Adams, Jr. was a prominent Shakespeare scholar and the first director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

Adams, a scion of the famous Adams family that produced two American Presidents, John Adams and John Quincy Adams, was born in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of a Rev. Joseph Quincy Adams, a Baptist clergyman, and Mamie Fouchée Adams. He received his B.A. degree from Wake Forest College in 1900, and earned an M.A. degree from the same institution in 1901. He continued his education at the University of Chicago, and at the University of Berlin. He pursued a teaching career at several institutions, notably at Cornell University, where he also edited the journal Cornell Studies in English.

Adams married Helen Banks on January 29, 1931, though she died a short four years later, on September 14, 1935.

Adams was actively involved with the Folger Shakespeare Library from its foundation in 1931. He became the Library's acting director in 1934, and its first regularly appointed director in 1936. He also served as the editor of its periodical publications, as well as the general editor of the New Variorum edition of Shakespeare's works. He wrote and published a wide range of books and scholarly articles; he was especially noted for his biography of Shakespeare, first published in 1923.

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Born
Mar 23, 1880
Education
  • University of Chicago
  • Wake Forest University
Employment
  • Cornell University
Died
Nov 10, 1946

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on July 23, 2013

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