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William Davenport Adams (28 December 1851 – 26 July 1904) was an English journalist, drama critic, and author. He was the son of the prolific author William Henry Davenport Adams, and his wife and two sisters also wrote.
Biography
Born in on 28 December 1851 at Park Terrace, New Park Road, Brixton, London. the son of William Henry Davenport Adams, also a journalist and author, and Sarah Esther Morgan (13 August 1835 – 1908), the daughter of shoemaker Timothy Morgan. The couple had married at St. Mary's Church in the Parish of Paddington, London on 26 December 1850.
Adams was educated at Merchant Taylors' School in London, The Glasgow Academy, and the University of Edinburgh. However, poor health prevented him from getting a good degree at Edinburgh.
The family were quite involved in literature and drama. Not only did he have the example of his father, who was a prolific author with over 100 books to his credit, but his two sisters, Florence Mary Susan Ballingall (4th quarter 1855 – 4th quarter 1943) and Ellinor Lily Davenport Adams (4th quarter 1858 – 11 April 1913) were also writers and gave their occupation as "journalist" and "author" respectively, in the 1901 census and both gave it as journalism and literature" in the 1911 census. Florence seems to have written mainly children's one-act plays, mainly about fairies. Ellinor wrote girls' stories mostly. Most of her later stories were published by Blackie and Son for whom she acted as a publisher's reader. His brother Alfred Elliot (later Davenport) Adams (1st quarter 1861 – 1947) became an actor,, and married an actress.
