# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/charles-kendall-adams
# Generated: 2026-08-15T00:18:27.631Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/charles-kendall-adams"
name: "Charles Kendall Adams"
slug: "charles-kendall-adams"
description: "Charles Kendall Adams was an American educator and historian. He served as the second president of Cornell University from 1885 until 1892, and as president of the University of Wisconsin from 1892 until 1901. At Cornell he established a new law school, built a library, and appointed eminent research professors for the Ivy League school. At Wisconsin, he negotiated ever-increasing appropriations from the state legislature, especially for new buildings such as the library. He was the editor-in-chief of Johnson's Universal Cyclopaedia (1892–1895), and of the successor Universal Cyclopaedia (1900), sometimes referred to as Appleton's Universal Cyclopaedia."
tagline: "American educator and historian (1835–1902)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Charles_Kendall_Adams.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1835-01-24"
deathDate: "1902-07-26"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  momentum:             15
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump