was elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society. In 1890 he was president of the American Historical Association. He resigned his professorship in May, 1892, and in July of the same year he was elected president of the University of Wisconsin, where he remained until October 11, 1901. He died on July 26, 1902, in Redlands, California, where he had moved in hopes of improving his health. Works Democracy and Monarchy in France (1871) Manual of Historical Literature (1882) Representative British Orations (1884) Christopher Columbus, His Life and Work (1892) References Further reading Ely, Richard T. "Charles Kendall Adams." Wisconsin Alumnus (1941): 303–312. External links Cornell Presidency: Charles Kendall Adams Cornell University Library Presidents Exhibition: Charles Kendall Adams (Presidency; Inauguration) 1835 births 1902 deaths 19th-century American historians 19th-century American male writers Cornell University Department of History faculty Educators from Iowa Educators from Michigan Educators from Vermont Educators from Wisconsin Founders of schools in the United States Leaders of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Members of the American Antiquarian Society People from Derby, Vermont People from Lee County, Iowa Presidents of Cornell University Presidents of the American Historical Association University of Michigan alumni University of Michigan faculty 19th-century American philanthropists American male non-fiction writers Historians from Iowa