Oscar Fay Adams

Oscar Fay Adams was an American editor and author.

Biography

Adams was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he was educated in secondary schools, and graduated from the New Jersey State Normal School. He taught classes in English literature, and after 1880 wrote for periodicals.
He died in North Truro, Massachusetts, on April 30, 1919, aged 63 or 64.

Works

Adams wrote The Story of Jane Austen's Life, The Archbishop's Unguarded Moment, and Other Stories and Dictionary of American Authors. He edited Through the Year with the Poets.