An Anglo-Welsh teaching dynasty
Subtitle: the Adams family from the 1840s to the 1930s
By: William E. Marsden.
Series: The Woburn education series
Publisher: Woburn Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; Portland, OR
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
Subjects: Adams family; Teachers -- England -- Biography; Teachers -- Wales -- Biography; Education -- England -- History; Education -- Wales -- History
Genres: Biography.
Description: John Adams was born in 1817 in Chapelhill in St. Twynell's parish, Pembrokeshire, Wales. His father was William Adams. He married Eliza Bateman (1819-1856) in Castlemartin in 1839. They had six children. John received teacher's training in Westminster, London. He returned to Wales where he taught school in Pembrokeshire. Three of his sons, a daughter-in-law and a grandson all became teachers. Follows their careers and families through the 1930s in Wales, Hampstead and London.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.