# Whitelaw Reid — The Education of Henry Adams character guide

> Whitelaw Reid in The Education of Henry Adams by Henry Adams.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** William C. Whitney or Whitelaw Reid, William C. Whitney, Whitney

**First appearance:** 0018-xvi-the-press-1868

## Who they are

Newspaper editor and diplomat.

## In the story

### [XIV: Dilettantism (1865–1866)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xiv-dilettantism-1865-1866)

Mentioned as someone John Hay later joins on the Tribune.

### [The Press (1868)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xvi-the-press-1868)

Had already taken the position at the Tribune, which Henry considered but rejected.

### [XXII: Chicago (1893)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxii-chicago-1893)

Mentioned as W. C. Whitney, an old acquaintance of the reforming era, but Adams saw him little.

### [Silence (1894–1898)](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_education_of_henry_adams_se/chapters/xxiii-silence-1894-1898)

Cited as a typical example of success among educated men of the thirties, owing his free hand to marriage.

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