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Arthur St. John Adcock
1864–1930
A busy Fleet Street literary journalist as well as a poet and novelist, he is best remembered today for championing new writing and helping bring W. H. Davies to wider attention. His work grew out of long experience in London’s literary world and a strong feel for everyday city life.
5 Audiobooks
Gods of Modern Grub Street: Impressions of Contemporary Authors
by Arthur St. John Adcock
Famous Houses and Literary Shrines of London
by Arthur St. John Adcock
In the Firing Line: Stories of the War by Land and Sea
by Arthur St. John Adcock
Australasia Triumphant!: With the Australians and New Zealanders in the Great War on Land and Sea
by Arthur St. John Adcock
From a London garden
by Arthur St. John Adcock
About the author
Born in London in 1864, Arthur St. John Adcock became an English poet, novelist, and literary journalist who also wrote under the names A. St John Adcock and St John Adcock. After early work connected with the law, he moved into writing full time and built a long career in journalism and letters.
He was closely associated with The Bookman and spent many years in Fleet Street, becoming known as a supportive figure in literary circles. He is especially remembered for recognizing and encouraging the then little-known poet W. H. Davies, a connection that helped secure his place in literary history.
Adcock died in 1930. Though not as widely read now as some of his contemporaries, he remains an interesting figure from late Victorian and early 20th-century literary London, with a career that joined editing, criticism, fiction, and poetry.