Oscar Fay Adams

Oscar Fay Adams

Born	1855 (1855) Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Died	April 30, 1919(1919-04-30) (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.

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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.