Eleanor N. Adams

Background

Adams, Eleanor N. was born in Lebanon, Ohio, United States.

Education

Bachelor, U. Cincinnati, 1902; Master of Arts, U. Cincinnati, 1904; research student, University of Oxford, England, 1904, 07, 10; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1914.

Career

Teacher, private schools, Cincinnati, util 1911; instructor English, U. Cincinnati, 1911-1912; Professor of English, Oxford (Ohio) College for Women, 1915-1918; president, Oxford (Ohio) College for Women, 1918-1928.

Achievements

• Eleanor N. Adams has been listed as a noteworthy College president by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Old English Scholarship in England, 1917. Editor: The Old Flatboatmen's Trail (by Sarah Sullivan), 1935.

Membership

Member League of America Pen Women, Modern Language Association American, American Academy Political Science, Kappa Alpha Theta.

Connections

Daughter of John Mortimer and Eleanor (Maxwell) Adams, m. Randolph Matthews, 1929.

Father:

John Mortimer Adams

Mother:

Eleanor (Maxwell) Adams