Name William Adams Role Journalist | ||
Died 1904, Wandsworth, London, United Kingdom Parents William Henry Davenport Adams Books By‑ways in book‑land, Dictionary of English Literature, Lighthouses And Lightship, A book of burlesque, Quips and Quiddities ‑ A Quintes | ||
Education University of Edinburgh | ||
William Davenport Adams (28 December 1851 in Brixton, London – 1904 in Wandsworth, London) was an English journalist and author.
Born in Brixton, London, he was the son of William Henry Davenport Adams, also a journalist and author. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Edinburgh University, he began newspaper work in 1870, working in Greenock and for the Nottingham Daily Guardian. He became literary editor of the The Globe in 1885, and was also well known as a dramatic critic. He published many collections of poetry, several books about books, and edited a Dictionary of English Literature (1877) and a Dictionary of the Drama (1899).
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