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Henry Carter Adams
1851Dec, 31

Henry Carter Adams

Henry Carter Adams, American economist and academic (d. 1921)
Henry Carter Adams (December 31, 1851 – August 11, 1921) was a U.S. economist and Professor of Political Economy and finance at the University of Michigan.

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Events on 1851

  • 12Feb

    Australian gold rushes

    Edward Hargraves announces he has found gold in Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia, starting the Australian gold rushes.
  • 11Mar

    Giuseppe Verdi

    The first performance of Rigoletto by Giuseppe Verdi takes place in Venice.
  • 5Jun

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe's anti-slavery serial, Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly, starts a ten-month run in the National Era abolitionist newspaper.
  • 12Aug

    Sewing machine

    Isaac Singer is granted a patent for his sewing machine.
  • 24Oct

    Umbriel (moon)

    William Lassell discovers the moons Umbriel, and Ariel, orbiting Uranus.