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John Adams

Also known as J. Adams

Founding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801

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John Adams was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States who served as the nation's second president from 1797 to 1801. He played a significant role in American independence and the early development of the country during a formative period in its history.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1947-02-15
Works: 23

Top works

Sonata for cello and piano
Doctor Atomic ...
The Dharma at Big Sur
Nixon in China
A volume of friendship, reprinted from the calendar of friendship

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: Canada
Active from: 1959-11-05

2008 universal fire victimaorcanadianclassic rockhard rockheartland rock

Discography

Official site Discogs Stream

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 352,314
Total plays: 2,580,113

Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
· 1996 · cited 200,687x
Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
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Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology
· 2000 · cited 36,361x
Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment
· 2007 · cited 34,340x
The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)
· 1992 · cited 28,860x

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Quotes

“Major Greene this evening fell into some conversation with me about the Divinity and satisfaction of Jesus Christ. All the argument he advanced was, "that a mere creature or finite being could not make satisfaction to infinite justice for any crimes," and that "these things are very mysterious." Thus mystery is made a convenient cover for absurdity.”
“No man is entirely free from weakness and imperfection in this life. Men of the most exalted genius and active minds are generally most perfect slaves to the love of fame. They sometimes descend to as mean tricks and artifices in pursuit of honor or reputation as the miser descends to in pursuit of gold.”
“Suppose a nation in some distant region should take the Bible for their only law book and every member should regulate his conduct by the precepts there exhibited. ... What a Eutopia — What a Paradise would this region be!”
“Tis impossible to judge with much Precision of the true Motives and Qualities of human Actions, or of the Propriety of Rules contrived to govern them, without considering with like Attention, all the Passions, Appetites, Affections in Nature from which they flow. An intimate Knowledge therefore of the intellectual and moral World is the sole foundation on which a stable structure of Knowledge can be erected.”
“A pen is certainly an excellent instrument to fix a man's attention and to inflame his ambition.”
“The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country.”

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Wikidata facts

Image: John Adams A18236.jpg
Height: 170
Number of children: 6

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Commons category: John Adams
date of birth: 1735-01-01
date of death: 1826-01-01
name in native language: John Adams
Commons gallery: John Adams
pseudonym: Novanglus
Commons Creator page: John Adams

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Works in European collections

12 objects attributed to John Adams, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

Die Staatsverfassung der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika und historische Beiträge und Belege zu der Geschichte ihrer Revolution

Défense des constitutions americaines. ou de la nécessité d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un gouvernement libre. par John Adams 1

Défense des constitutions americaines. ou de la nécessité d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un gouvernement libre. par John Adams 2

Correspondence between the hon. John Adams, late president of the United States, and the late Wm. Cunningham, Esq. beginning in 1803, and ending in 1812

Die Staatsverfassung der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerika und historische Beiträge und Belege zu der Geschichte ihrer Revolution

Défense des constitutions américaines ou de la nécessité d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un gouvernement libre, 1

Défense des constitutions américaines ou de la nécessité d'une balance dans les pouvoirs d'un gouvernement libre, 2

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John Adams (October 30, 1735 – July 4, 1826) was a Founding Father and the second president of the United States from 1797 to 1801. Before his presidency, he was a leader of the American Revolution that achieved independence from Great Britain. During the latter part of the Revolutionary War and in the early years of the new nation, he served the Continental Congress of the United States as a senior diplomat in Europe. Adams was the first vice president of the United States, serving from 1789 to 1797. He was a dedicated diarist and regularly corresponded with contemporaries, including his wife and advisor Abigail Adams and his friend and rival Thomas Jefferson.

A lawyer and political activist prior to the Revolution, Adams was devoted to the right to counsel and presumption of innocence. He defied anti-British sentiment and successfully defended British soldiers against murder charges arising from the Boston Massacre. Adams was a Massachusetts delegate to the Continental Congress and became a leader of the revolution. He assisted Jefferson in drafting the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and was its primary advocate in Congress. As a diplomat, he represented the United States in France and the Netherlands during the war. He helped negotiate the peace treaty with Great Britain, secured Dutch loans for the American government, and was the first United States ambassador to Great Britain. Adams was the primary author of the Massachusetts Constitution in 1780, which, with his other political writings, influenced the United States Constitution.