​ADAMS, Herbert, sculptor, was born in West Concord, Vt., in 1858, son of Samuel M. and Nancy (Powers) Adams. He was educated in the public schools of Fitchburg and Worcester, Mass., and at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He studied art at the Massachusetts Normal Art school and in Paris, where he was a pupil of Mercie. He married, in 1889, Adeline Valentine Pond of Auburndale, Mass. He opened a studio in New York city, and became a member of the National academy of Design, the Society of American Artists, the National Sculpture society and of the Architectural League.