Thomas Sewall Adams

Thomas Sewall Adams (December 29, 1873 – February 8, 1933) was an American economist and educator, born in Baltimore, Maryland.

Life

Thomas Sewall Adams was born on December 29, 1873 in Baltimore, Maryland. He graduated from Baltimore City College in 1893 and subsequently enrolled in Johns Hopkins University, where he received his BA in 1896 and his Ph.D in 1899. In 1899, Adams was appointed assistant to the Treasurer of Puerto Rico. He served in that capacity for one year, before joining the faculty of University of Wisconsin-Madison as an associate professor of political economy in 1901. He was elevated to a full professor in 1908.

Between 1911 and 1915, Adams served on the Wisconsin tax commissioner and drafted many of that state's tax laws. In 1916, he was appointed to the faculty of Yale University, where he served as a professor until his death in 1933. An economic adviser to the U. S. Treasury (1917-1933), he is credited with much of the taxation policy of the World War I and post-war period. He was president of the National Tax Association (1922-1923), American Economic Association (1927), and member of the fiscal committee, League of Nations (1929-1933). [cite paper| title=Wisconsin Historical Society Dictionary of Wisconsin History| url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=3075&term_type_id=1&term_type_text=People&letter=Aaccessdate=2007-06-03]

elected writings

Adams authored many books on economics and taxation policy, his published writings include:
* "Taxation in Maryland", (1900)
*"Labor Problems" (with H. L. Sumner, 1905)
* "Mortgage Taxation in Wisconsin and Neighboring States", (1907)
* "Outlines in Economics", (with R. T. Ely, 1908)

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