William Davenport Adams was an English

English people

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 journalist

Journalist

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 and author

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Biography

He was the son of William Henry Davenport Adams

William Henry Davenport Adams

William Henry Davenport Adams , was an English writer and journalist of the 19th century, notable for a number of his publications.-Biography:...

, also a journalist and author. The son was educated at Edinburgh University and began newspaper work in 1870. He became literary editor of the London

London

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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).