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Gibbons (HERBERT ADAMS an American)

HERBERT ADAMS, an American writer, born at Annapolis, Md., in 1880. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1902. He studied theology and was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in 1908. From that year, however, he acted as correspondent for several papers in Turkey, Egypt, and the Balkan states. He was also correspondent to the "Century" and "Harper's" magazines. From 1910 to 1913 he was professor of history and political economy at Robert College, and in 1917- 1918 he was American lecturer for French foreign affairs ministry, in France. He was Spencer Trask lecturer at Princeton in 1919. His writings include "The New Map of Europe" (1914); "The Foundation of the Ottoman Empire" (1915); "The New Map of Africa" (1916); "The New Map of Asia" 19); and "France and Ourselves" (1920).