Graeme Mercer Adam

Graeme Mercer Adam (May 25, 1839 – October 30, 1912) was a Canadian author, editor, and publisher.

Adam was born in Scotland where he developed a deep interest in publishing. He moved to Toronto to run a bookstore. He shortly teamed with a partner to form Rollo & Adam, which ventured into publishing. Their first significant publication was entitled British American Magazine. It was edited by Henry Youle Hind, a geologist and writer about the Canadian northwest.

The publication was the first of a series of important Canadian periodicals published by Adam: the British American Magazine devoted to Literature, Science and Art (1863-64), the influential Canadian Monthly and National Review founded by Adam and Goldwin Smith (1872-78), and its successor Rose-Belford's Canadian Monthly (1878-82), the latter two of which Adam also edited for 7 years. Carol W. Pollerton, "Graeme Mercer Adam," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 14, Print.

In 1892 Adam moved to the United States, where he edited the magazine Self-Culture in Akron, Ohio, from 1895 to 1902.