Charles Francis Adams

Charles Francis Adams may refer to:

  • Charles Adams (ice hockey) (1876–1947), grocery magnate and founder of the Boston Bruins
  • Charles Francis Adams, Sr. (1807–1886), grandson of John Adams, son of John Quincy Adams, U.S. congressman, ambassador
  • Charles Francis Adams, Jr. (1835–1915), son of above, Civil War General and president of the Union Pacific Railroad
  • Charles Francis Adams III (1866–1954), nephew of above, Navy secretary
  • Charles Francis Adams IV (1910–1999), son of above, president of Raytheon

Famous quotes containing the words francis and/or adams:

    “One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.”
    —Simone Weil (1909–1943)

    “Just as the French of the nineteenth century invested their surplus capital in a railway-system in the belief that they would make money by it in this life, in the thirteenth they trusted their money to the Queen of Heaven because of their belief in her power to repay it with interest in the life to come.”
    —Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)