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.[1]
In 1889 Adam co-authored the novel An Algonquin maiden: a romance of the early days of Upper Canada with Canadian poet Ethelwyn Wetherald.[2]
In 1892 Adam moved to the United States, where he edited the magazine Self-Culture in Akron, Ohio, from 1895 to 1902.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Carol W. Pollerton, "Graeme Mercer Adam," Canadian Encyclopedia (Edmonton: Hurtig, 1988), 14, Print.
- ↑ An Algonquin maiden [microform: a romance of the early days of Upper Canada (1887)]. Internet Archive, Web, Apr. 20, 2012.
External links[]
- Books
- Works by Graeme Mercer Adam at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Graeme Mercer Adam in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
- About
- Graeme Mercer Adam in the Canadian Encyclopedia.
- Graeme Mercer Adam in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography.
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