Henry Cadwallader Adams

Reverend Henry Cadwallader Adams (4 November 1817 – 17 October 1899) was a 19th-century English cleric, schoolmaster and writer of children's novels. He was the grandson of Simon Adams of Ansty Hall, Warwickshire. He was educated at Westminster School, Winchester College, Balliol College (1835) and Magdalen College, Oxford (1836), becoming a fellow of Magdalen in 1843. After some time as a Commoner Tutor at Winchester, in 1855 he became chaplain of Bromley College, an almshouse for the widows of clergy. Works Fiction Adams wrote children's novels, specialising in tales of Victorian Public School life and adventures in far-flung parts of Empire. His novels included: The Cherry-stones, or Charlton School (1851) Who Did It?, or Holmwood Priory. A Schoolboy's Tale (1852) Sivan the Sleeper (1857) Schoolboy Honour; a tale of Halminster College (1861) The Indian Boy (1865) Balderscourt, or Holiday Tales (1866) Falconshurst; or, Birthday tales (1869) Hair-breadth escapes, or, The adventures of three boys in South Africa London: Griffith & Farran (1876) The Boy Cavaliers, or The Siege of Clidesford (1878) The Winborough Boys, or Ellerslie Park (1879) Perils in the Transvaal and Zululand London: Griffith, Farran, Okeden & Welsh (1887) Travellers' Tales: a book of marvels (1883) Wroxby College, Or, the Luscombe Prize: A Tale of Boy Life School and University; Or, Dolph Woodward The Mystery of Beechey Grange Or the Missing Host: A Tale for Boys College days at Oxford, or, Wilton of Cuthbert's (1887) The Lost Rifle, or, Schoolboy Faction Schooldays at Kingscourt