William Davenport Adams
William Davenport Adams (28 December 1851 in Brixton, London[1] - 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. He became literary editor of the London 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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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Thurston, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Adams, William Davenport". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
External links
- Works by William Davenport Adams at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about William Davenport Adams at Internet Archive
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