Oscar Fay Adams

Oscar Fay Adams (1855-1919) was a United States editor and author.

Biography

He was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, was educated in secondary schools, and graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School. He taught classes in English literature, and after 1880 wrote much for periodicals.

Works

• The Story of Jane Austen's Life (1891; second edition, 1896)
• The Archbishop's Unguarded Moment, and Other Stories (1899)
• Dictionary of American Authors (revised edition, 1901)

and several other compilations.

He has edited:

• Through the Year With the Poets (12 volumes, 1886)

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Adams, Oscar Fay". New International Encyclopedia. 1905. 
• "Biography of Oscar Fay Adams". sacklunch.net. http://www.sacklunch.net/biography/A/OscarFayAdams.html. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 

External links

• "Oscar Fay Adams (1855-1919): Two sonnets". sonnets.org. http://www.sonnets.org/adams.htm. Retrieved 25 April 2011. 

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Name	Adams, Oscar Fay
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Date of birth	1855
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Date of death	1919
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