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Oscar Fay Adams

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Oscar Fay Adams
Born1855 (1855)
Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
DiedApril 30, 1919(1919-04-30) (aged 63–64)
North Truro, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationEditor, author
NationalityAmerican
Alma materNew Jersey State Normal School

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

Biography

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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

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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

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  1. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. X. J. T. White Company. 1900. p. 304. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Oscar Fay Adams, Author of Many Volumes, Dies". Chicago Tribune. Boston, Massachusetts. May 1, 1919. p. 21. Retrieved July 24, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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