Answer the following question: Facts: - death place: amherst , massachusetts - doctoral students: frederick jackson turner - caption: herbert baxter adams , prominent american historian - fields: educator and historian - thesis year: 1876 - death date: 30 july 1901 - workplaces: johns hopkins university - academic advisors: johann gustav droysen johann kaspar bluntschli - birth date: 16 april 1850 - thesis title: -lrb- -rrb- ph.d summa cum laude , without written dissertation - name: herbert baxter adams - nationality: american - image: herbert baxter adams - brady-handy . jpg - birth place: shutesbury , massachusetts - alma mater: phillips exeter academy , amherst college , heidelberg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of herbert baxter adams .
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herbert baxter adams -lrb- april 16 , 1850 -- july 30 , 1901 -rrb- was an american educator and historian .