Adams, CHARLES KENDALL (1835-1902), an American educator and historian, born at Derby, Vermont. He was educated in the University of Michigan and in universities in Germany, France and Italy. In 1885 he was elected president of Cornell University, where he served for seventeen years. He resigned this position and in 1893 was chosen president of the University of Wisconsin, which position he held until a short time before his death. Doctor Adams was the founder of the seminary of history in the University of Michigan, and the first to introduce the seminary method of studying history into the United States. He is the author of a number of works, the most important being Democracy and Monarchy in France, A Manual of Historical Literature and Columbus, His Life and Work. He was also editor-in-chief of Johnson's Universal Encyclopedia.