Sir Walter Adams (OBE, 1945; CMG, 1952; Kt, 1970) (1906- May 21, 1975) was a historian and educationalist. He was educated at University College London and was a Lecturer in History there between 1926-1934.
Notable milestones in Adams' life include:
- a Rockefeller Fellow in the USA, (1929-1930);
- the Organising Secretary, Second International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, (1931);
- the Secretary, Academic Assistance Council, (1933-1938); Secretary, London School of Economics, (1938-1946);
- the Deputy Head of British Political Warfare Mission, USA, (1942-1944);
- the Assistant Deputy Director-General of the Political Intelligence Department, Foreign Office, (1945);
- the Secretary of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies, (1946-1955);
- Principal, College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, (1955-1967);
- Director, London School of Economics, (1967-1974).
Famous quotes containing the words walter and/or adams:
“With the single exception of Homer, there is no eminent writer, not even Sir Walter Scott, whom I can despise so entirely as I despise Shakespear when I measure my mind against his.... But I am bound to add that I pity the man who cannot enjoy Shakespear. He has outlasted thousands of abler thinkers, and will outlast a thousand more.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)