Joseph Quincy Adams Jr.
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Joseph Quincy Adams Jr. (March 23, 1880 – November 10, 1946) was a prominent Shakespeare scholar and the first officially appointed director of the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.
Biography
Adams, a scion of the famous
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 founding in 1931. He became the Library's acting director in 1934, and its first regularly appointed director in 1936. In Adams' 1932 inaugural speech at the Folger, he called immigration "a menace to the preservation of our long-established English civilization."[2] 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 (1935–46). 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. He was also a member of the Literary Society of Washington.[3] He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1940.[4]
References
- ^ White House Historical Association n.d.
- ^ Kahn & Nathans 2011, p. 22.
- ^ Spauling 1947.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-05-03.
Sources
- ISBN 978-1-61149-028-2.
- McManaway, James G.; Dawson, Giles E.; Willoughby, Edwin E., eds. (1948). Joseph Quincy Adams: Memorial Studies. Washington, DC: ASIN B000L5KH02.
- Spauling, Thomas M. (1947). The Literary Society in Peace and War. Washington, D.C.: George Banta Publishing Company.
- "Joseph Quincy Adams". White House Historical Association. Retrieved 4 November 2016.
