Thomas Sewall Adams ( December 29, 1873 , Baltimore , Maryland , USA - February 8, 1933 , New Haven, Connecticut , USA ) - American economist , professor at Yale University , president of the American Economic Association in 1927.
| Thomas Sewell Adams | |
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| Thomas Sewall Adams | |
 Thomas Adams in 1899 | |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Baltimore , Maryland , USA |
| Date of death | |
| Place of death | New Haven, Connecticut , USA |
| A country |  USA |
| Scientific field | economy |
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Biography
Thomas was born December 29, 1873 in Baltimore , Maryland , USA, the third son of John Wesley (1850-1917) and Ruth (Haslap) Adams (1852-1925) [3] .
In 1893, Adams graduated from and enrolled at Johns Hopkins University , where in 1896 he was awarded a bachelor of arts degree, and in 1899 a doctorate [3] .
From 1899-1900, he worked as a statistician at the US Census Bureau , and from November 1900 to July 1901 he worked as an assistant treasurer in Puerto Rico . In 1901 he was appointed associate professor of political economics at the University of Wisconsin , and in 1908 he was appointed full professor of economics and statistics at the University of Wisconsin [3] .
In 1903-1908 he prepared tax laws as an expert at the Wisconsin Tax Commission. In 1908-1909 he studied female and child labor for the US Labor Office . In 1909 he taught one course in labor law and public finance at Stanford University . In the summer of 1909, he studied working conditions in Alaska. In 1910, he was head of the Department of Economics and Political Science at the University of Washington in St. Louis . In 1911-1915 he continued to work as the head of the Wisconsin Tax Commission. In 1915 he was a professor of economics at Cornell University . In 1916-1933 he was a professor of political economy at Yale University . He has been a member of the since its founding in 1907, was its secretary in 1912-1916 and president in 1923. He was vice president in 1926 and president in 1927 of the American Economic Association . Adams was director in 1921 and president of the National Bureau of Economic Research in 1928, member of the fiscal committee of the National Industrial Conference and the US Chamber of Commerce .
Adams died after a pneumonia complication on February 8, 1933 [4] .
- Family
Adams married September 11, 1902 to Elizabeth Matthews (1873-1941) from Baltimore . They had two daughters, Elizabeth Noel Adams (1907–1952) and Ruth Haslup Adams (1910–2004) [2] .
Bibliography
- Adams TS The American workman - Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins press, 1900
- Adams TS Taxation in Maryland // Studies in State Taxation / ed. JH Hollander - Baltimore, The Johns Hopkins press, 1900
- Adams TS Index Numbers and the Standard of Value // JPE, 1901, p. one
- Adams TS, Sumner HL Labor Problems - New York: Macmillan, 1909. c1905
- Adams TS Mortgage Taxation in Wisconsin and Neighboring States, 1907
- Adams TS, Ely RT, Lorenz MA, Young AA Outlines in Economics , - New York: Macmillan, 1908
- Adams TS The Sales Tax, 1920
- Adams TS The federal income tax - New York, Columbia University Press, 1921.
- Adams TS Needed Tax Reform in the United States , 1920
- Adams TS The federal income tax - New York, Columbia University Press, 1921.
- Adams TS Fundamental Problems of Federal Income Taxation // QJE, 1921, p. 527
- Adams TS Tax Revision Requirements // Credit Monthly, 1921, p. 21
- Adams TS When is income realized? // Federal Income Tax, 1921, p. 29th
- Adams TS Manual of Charting. Prentice-Hall, 1923.
- Adams TS Double taxation relief: discussion of conventions drafted at international conference of experts, 1927, and other measures - Washington: USGPO, 1928.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ 1 2 Donna P. Lachance. Adams Family Website .
- ↑ 1 2 3 Onofrio J. Adams, Thomas Sewall // Maryland Biographical Dictionary. - Somerset Publishers, Inc, 1999 .-- P. 1-3. - ISBN 0-403-09823-8 .
- ↑ Cass B. Madison Day by Day // The Wisconsin State Journal. - Madison, Wisconsin, February 12, 1933.