![]() In 1846, he married Sarah Jenkins, with whom he had two daughters, Alice Maria Adams and Emma Louisa Adams. Extensive travel abroad and a deep knowledge of boats, farming, and practical mechanics were other factors that gave his works reality.Īdams visited Europe more than twenty times and traveled in Asia and Africa. This experience naturally brought him closely into contact with boys, and he learned much of what interested them, which had a good deal to do with his eventual success as an author. When the Bowditch School was founded, Adams transferred to that school as its master, a position he held until he resigned from teaching in 1865. ![]() In 1860, Adams was promoted to the position of master of the Boylston School. Adams decided that he preferred teaching so in 1848 he returned to teaching this time at the Boylston School in Boston. Teaching career Īdams became a teacher in the Lower Road School in Dorchester, Massachusetts, in 1843, he resigned from his position as master of the school in 1846 in order to assist his father and brother in the management of their new hotel in Boston, the Adams House hotel. After finishing public school, he attended Abel Whitney's private academy for a year. William Taylor Adams (J– March 27, 1897), pseudonym Oliver Optic, was an academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.Īdams was born in Medway, Massachusetts, on July 30, 1822, to tavern keeper Captain Laban Adams and Catherine Johnson Adams.Īdams was an honors student at schools in Boston and West Roxbury. ![]()
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