William Davenport Adams

William Davenport Adams (28 December 1851 in Brixton, London[1] 26 July 1904 in Wandsworth, London) was an English journalist and author.

Life

Born in Brixton, London, he was the son of William Henry Davenport Adams, also a journalist and author. Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and the University of Edinburgh. He began newspaper work in 1870, working in Greenock and for the Nottingham Daily Guardian.[2] He became literary editor of 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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