Oscar Fay Adams

Oscar Fay Adams
Oscar Fay Adams
Born	1855; Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 30, 1919 (aged 63–64); North Truro, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Editor, author
Nationality	American
Alma mater	New Jersey State Normal School

Oscar Fay Adams (1855–1919) was an American editor and author.

Biography

Adams was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was educated in secondary schools, and graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School.^[1] He taught classes in English literature, and after 1880 wrote for periodicals.^[2]

He died in North Truro, Massachusetts, on April 30, 1919, aged 63 or 64.^[3]

Works

Adams wrote The Story of Jane Austen's Life (1891; second edition, 1896), The Archbishop's Unguarded Moment, and Other Stories (1899) and Dictionary of American Authors (revised edition, 1901). He edited Through the Year with the Poets (12 volumes, 1886).^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. X. J. T. White Company. 1900. p. 304. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
^ Leonard, John William; Marquis, Albert Nelson, eds. (1908), Who's who in America, vol. 5, Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, Incorporated, p. 11 – via Google Books.
^ "Oscar Fay Adams, Author of Many Volumes, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Boston, Massachusetts. May 1, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

"Biography of Oscar Fay Adams". sacklunch.net. Retrieved April 25, 2011.

Attribution

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Adams, Oscar Fay" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.