W. H. Davenport Adams

William Henry Davenport Adams (1828–1891) was a prolific English writer, compiler and journalist. He began as a newspaper editor on the Isle of Wight and went on to produce well over a hundred books for publishers such as Nelson, many of them for young readers and general audiences. His subjects ranged from natural history, travel and the lives of famous women to literary anthologies and English history. Witch, Warlock, and Magician (1889), on alchemy, magic and witchcraft in England and Scotland, is among his more substantial works. His son William Davenport Adams was a theater critic and writer.