Background
Adams, George Edward was born on May 12, 1874 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George L. and Annie (Gould) Adams.
Adams, George Edward was born on May 12, 1874 in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States. Son of George L. and Annie (Gould) Adams.
Bachelor of Science, Rhode Island State College, Kingston, Rhode Island, 1894. Graduate student, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1899-1900. Master in Agriculture, Rhode Island State College, 1916.
Assistant horticulturist, 1895-1901, associate in agronomy, 1901-1908, horticulturist, 1908-1912, Rhode Island Experiment Station. Chief agricultural department, 1907-1912, professor of agronomy, 1907-1938, Rhode Island State College, also dean school of agriculture and home economics and director agricultural experiment station and extension service, emeritus since 1938. State statistical agent Rhode Island for Bureau Statistics, United States Department of Agriculture, 1901-1914.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member American Breeders’ Association, American Society Agronomy, Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Zeta. Mason, Grange.
Married October 20, 1903, Mary Gates Schermerhorn, of Malden, Massachusetts.