Association with the Metropolitan Museum of Artedit
Adams was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for almost 40 years, and served in various capacities. He was a member and treasurer of the special committee for the acquisition of casts and reproductions; chairman of the Finance Committee (1905–1920), and a member of various committees, including the Executive Committee (1910–1931), the Building Committee, the Committee on Educational Work, the Committee on Prints, and the Library Committee.[3]
He also made many gifts to the museum, including a collection of reproductions of the more noteworthy of the bronzes from Herculaneum, in the National Museum at Naples; a collection of photographs of Renaissance architecture and ornament, and of Renaissance and baroque sculpture, medals and many other pieces. He was elected a benefactor of the museum in 1909.[3]
Numismatic interestsedit
Adams was active in the American Numismatic Society, where he was a council member and on many committees involved in publishing the society's medals.[7] He donated Japanese medals to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1906.[8]
^ abcNeu, Irene D. (2000). "Adams, Edward Dean". American National Biography. Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1000006. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
edward, dean, adams, april, 1846, 1931, american, businessman, banker, power, broker, numismatist, president, niagara, falls, hydraulic, power, manufacturing, company, which, built, first, hydroelectric, power, plants, niagara, falls, york, adams, power, plant. Edward Dean Adams April 9 1846 May 20 1931 1 was an American businessman banker power broker and numismatist He was the president of Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Manufacturing Company which built the first hydroelectric power plants in Niagara Falls New York The Adams Power Plant Transformer House is named after him 2 He was conspicuously successful in corporate reorganizations 3 Adams appeared on the cover of Time magazine on May 27 1929 4 Edward Dean AdamsBorn9 April 1846 Boston Died20 May 1931 aged 85 New York City Alma materMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyNorwich UniversityNorwich UniversityNorwich UniversityNorwich University Spouse s Frances Amelia Gutterson AwardsJohn Fritz Medal 1926 He also had wide cultural interests including numismatics 5 Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art 1 2 Numismatic interests 2 ReferencesBiography editEdward Dean Adams was born in Boston Massachusetts on April 9 1846 to businessman Adoniram Judson Adams and Harriet Lincoln Norton He graduated from Norwich University with a Bachelor of Science in 1864 and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology from 1865 to 1866 after spending a year in Europe Adams joined a Boston stockbroker firm T J Lee amp Hill in 1867 where he worked as a bookkeeper and a cashier He married Frances Amelia Gutterson in 1872 and had three children 6 In 1878 Adams became a partner for private banking firm Winslow Lanier amp Co Through the firm he gained a wide array of positions including trustee board member chairman and president of multiple organizations and enterprises including the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company consolidated mortgage the Northern Pacific Terminal Company of Oregon the Edison Illuminating Company the St Paul and Northern Pacific Railway Company the New York Ontario and Western Railway company the Central and South American Telegraph Company All America Cables Inc the Central Railroad of New Jersey the American Cotton Oil Company the Cataract Construction Company the International Niagara Commission and the Niagara Development Company 6 He received the John Fritz Medal in 1926 6 Association with the Metropolitan Museum of Art edit Adams was a trustee of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for almost 40 years and served in various capacities He was a member and treasurer of the special committee for the acquisition of casts and reproductions chairman of the Finance Committee 1905 1920 and a member of various committees including the Executive Committee 1910 1931 the Building Committee the Committee on Educational Work the Committee on Prints and the Library Committee 3 He also made many gifts to the museum including a collection of reproductions of the more noteworthy of the bronzes from Herculaneum in the National Museum at Naples a collection of photographs of Renaissance architecture and ornament and of Renaissance and baroque sculpture medals and many other pieces He was elected a benefactor of the museum in 1909 3 Numismatic interests edit Adams was active in the American Numismatic Society where he was a council member and on many committees involved in publishing the society s medals 7 He donated Japanese medals to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1906 8 nbsp The interior of the Edward Dean Adams Power PlantReferences edit Edward Dean Adams Transactions of the Electrochemical Society 59 1931 Retrieved February 1 2017 Edward Dean Adams Power Plant Atlas Obscura Retrieved January 6 2017 a b c In Memoriam Edward Dean Adams The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 26 7 163 162 1931 JSTOR 3256103 Edward Dean Adams Time May 27 1929 cover Edward Dean Adams biography by John N Lupia III Numismatic Biographies https sites google com site numismaticmallcom encyclopedic dictionary of numismatic biographies adams edward dean Archived October 23 2020 at the Wayback Machine a b c Neu Irene D 2000 Adams Edward Dean American National Biography Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 anb 9780198606697 article 1000006 Retrieved August 22 2022 Edward Dean Adams biography by John N Lupia III Numismatic Biographies https www numismaticmall com encyclopedic dictionary of numismatic biographies adams edward dean These were a gift of Edward D Adams and Jacob H Schiff 1906 http metmuseum org art collection search 60262 sortBy Relevance amp where Japan amp ft medals amp offset 40 amp rpp 20 amp pos 45 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Dean Adams amp oldid 1210416391, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
