Frederick Upham Adams

Frederick Upham Adams

Frederick Upham Adams, (December 10, 1859-August 28, 1921) was a noted inventor and author. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts, to an American Civil War veteran/mechanical engineer, and died on August 28, 1921 at Larchmont, New York.

Background

Books

*"John Burt"
*"The Kidnapped Millionaires"
*"John Henry Smith: A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life" (Doubleday, Page & Company,1905) [Gutenberg|no=15247|name=John Henry Smith]
**Republished as "President John Smith" (1971)

References

*Johnson, Allen, ed. "Dictionary of American Biography". New York:Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936.


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